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Ovid: Ars Amatoria / P. Ovidii Nasonis (Lingua Latina)
Ovid Ars Amatoria / P Ovidii Nasonis - Lingua Latina Author:Ovid Ars Amatoria (The Art of Love) is a poem in three books by Ovid. The first two books consist of instructions to men on the wooing of women of easy virtue; the third, of instructions to woman on seduction of men. The work is full of humor and charm, and contains interesting glimpses of Roman life and manners - the circus, the theatre, the banquet... more ». It was perhaps partly on account of its immorality that Augustus banished the poet to Tomi by the Black Sea.« less