Medicamina Faciei Femineae
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Medicamina Faciei Femineae is a didactic elegiac poem by the Roman poet Ovid that offers advice and recipes for women’s cosmetics and beauty care.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin poem
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ancient Roman literary work ⓘ didactic poem ⓘ |
| addressesAudience | Roman women ⓘ |
| advisesAgainst | excessive ornamentation ⓘ |
| approximateLength | about 100 lines ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Augustan Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Ovid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ancient Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Roman elite society ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
Latin literature
ⓘ
classical philology ⓘ history of cosmetics ⓘ |
| focusesOn | enhancement of natural beauty ⓘ |
| genre |
didactic poetry
ⓘ
elegiac couplets ⓘ |
| givesAdviceOn |
beauty routines
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preparation of facial treatments ⓘ use of natural ingredients for cosmetics ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
early literary source on Roman cosmetics
ⓘ
evidence for ancient Roman beauty practices ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
elegant wit
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mythological allusion ⓘ |
| literaryForm | elegiac couplets ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Augustan literature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Roman didactic poetry ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
beauty care
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cosmetics ⓘ female beauty ⓘ makeup recipes ⓘ |
| meter | elegiac couplet ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| partlySurvivesAs | fragment ⓘ |
| preservedIn | medieval manuscript tradition ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Amores
NERFINISHED
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Ars Amatoria NERFINISHED ⓘ Remedia Amoris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject |
personal adornment
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skincare ⓘ women’s cosmetics ⓘ |
| survival | only part of the original poem is extant ⓘ |
| textualState | incomplete ⓘ |
| timeOfComposition | early 1st century BCE/CE transition ⓘ |
| tone | playful didactic ⓘ |
| workOf | Publius Ovidius Naso NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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