The Art of Love

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The Art of Love is a didactic elegiac poem by the Roman poet Ovid that offers witty, often irreverent advice on the arts of seduction and romantic intrigue.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Roman literary work
didactic poem
elegiac poem
addresseeOfBook3 women
addresseeOfBooks1And2 men
approximateDate c. 2 BCE
associatedWith Augustan literature NERFINISHED
author Ovid NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Ancient Rome NERFINISHED
culturalImpact controversial treatment of morality
criticized for encouraging adultery
didacticFocus how to find a lover
how to keep a lover
how to manage love affairs
how to win a lover
genre didactic poetry
love poetry
hasEnglishTitleVariant Art of Love NERFINISHED
influenced European courtly love tradition
Renaissance love poetry
medieval love literature
language Latin
LatinTitle Ars Amatoria NERFINISHED
literaryForm elegiac couplets
literaryMovement Augustan poetry
meter elegiac couplet
numberOfBooks 3
originalPublicationPeriod 1st century BCE–1st century CE
placeInOvidsCareer pre-exilic work
relatedWorkByAuthor Amores NERFINISHED
Medicamina Faciei Femineae NERFINISHED
Remedia Amoris NERFINISHED
setting Augustan Rome NERFINISHED
style allusive
elegant
playful
subjectMatter courtship strategies
love affairs in Rome
romantic intrigue
seduction
theme manipulation in love
performance of gender roles
theatricality of romance
urban social life
tone ironic
irreverent
witty

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Ars Amatoria titleTranslation The Art of Love