Ovid's Erotic Poems: "Amores" and "Ars Amatoria"

Ovid

University of Pennsylvania Press, Oct 22, 2014 - Literary Collections - 223 pages

Translated by award-winning poet Len Krisak, Ovid's Erotic Poems offers a fresh modern take on the renowned Roman's sophisticated satirical verse on love, sex, marriage, and adultery.

Contents

• Introduction by Sarah Ruden: 1
• Translators Preface: 17
• Epigram of the Poet Himself: 23
• BOOK II: 113
• Notes: 191
• Glossary: 205
• Acknowledgments: 225

About the author

Len Krisak is author and translator of several volumes of poetry, including Virgil's Eclogues, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press. He has won several poetry awards, including the Richard Wilbur Prize, the Robert Penn Warren Prize, and the Robert Frost Prize. Sarah Ruden is a poet, translator, essayist, and classicist. She is author of Paul Among the People: The Apostle Reinterpreted and Reimagined in His Own Time.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Ovid's Erotic Poems: "Amores" and "Ars Amatoria"
• Author: Ovid
• Translated by: Len Krisak
• Contributor: Sarah Ruden
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2014
• ISBN: 081224625X, 9780812246254
• Length: 223 pages
• Subjects: Literary Collections / Ancient & Classical; Poetry / Ancient & Classical; Poetry / General