Amores (''The Loves'')

by Ovid, Christopher Marlowe (Editor)

Overview

Amores is Ovid's first completed book, published in 16 BC. Amores was written in the elegiac distich. The book follows the model of the erotic elegy�perhaps the most common theme of the time�as treated before by Tibullus and Propertius, but often in a subversive and humorous way, with common motifs and devices being exaggerated to the point of absurdity. However, the Amores could also be considered a mock epic.

This is a famous English verse translation made by Christopher Marlowe.

� Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781605018706
Publisher:	MobileReference
Publication date:	01/01/2010
Series:	Mobi Classics
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	196 KB