Amores (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Ovid
- First Published: 20
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Type of Plot: Erotic
- Time of Work: Augustan Age
- Setting: Rome
- Principal Characters: The Lover, Corinna
- Genres: Poetry, Erotic literature, Lyric sequence
- Subjects: Husbands, Wives, Love or romance, Sex or sexuality, Adultery, Women, Abortion, Greek or Roman times, Rome, Erotica
- Locales: Rome, Italy, Rome, ancient
The Story:
Book 1. The speaker, prepared to sing of heroic deeds, arms and war, was struck by Cupid’s arrow. He turned to the poetry of love. The speaker tossed sleepless at night, enthralled by love and suffering. He prayed that the lady would favor him; he in return would immortalize her in verse. A monologue addressed to the lady explained how at a party she could dupe her husband and send signals to the speaker.
The first assignation of the lovers, on a sultry summer afternoon, took place. There followed a sorrowful complaint as the speaker spent a long...
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