There is at present no appropriate commentary on book 3 of the amores. This is the second volume of our dickinson college commentaries series. This edition of the first book of the collection contains the complete latin text of book 1, along with commentary, notes, full vocabulary and embedded. This edition of the first book of the amoresthe only one available for both intermediate and advancedlevel classes. The vulgate commentary on ovids metamorphoses, book 1. A commentary on ovid, amores ii, 110 royal holloway.
As with the preceding book, the poems will be given brief descriptions. Poem 3 describes his final night in rome, poems 2 and 10 ovids voyage to tomis, 8 the betrayal of a friend, and 5 and 6 the loyalty of his friends and wife. Excellent treatment of the first book of ovids amores. Latin text, with facing prose translation, introduction and commentary.
You might want to read the following comments by a. Ovid metamorphoses commentary and influence larry avis brown. In this acclaimed edition of amores book ii, joan booth offers a latin text with parallel prose translation and on each poem, or pair of poems, a critical essay written especially for the reader with little or no latin. Originally, the amores was a fivebook collection of love poetry, first published in 16 bce. The poet introduces his second book and explains why he is. Elegia 1 quemadmodum a cupidine, pro bellis amores scribere coactus sit we which were ovids five books, now are three, for these before the rest preferreth he. Succinct, clear and learned, these chapters alone form an excellent allround introduction to ovid as a lovepoet, and touch on many aspects of more general relevance to augustan and hellenistic poetry. No independent collation of the manuscripts has been attempted in view of the meticulous work already done in this area by modern scholars, and. Amores is ovid s first completed book of poetry, written in elegiac couplets.
Produced by johns hopkins university press in collaboration with the sheridan libraries. The story of phaeton, the longest single episode of the metamorphoses, opens with what scholars call an ekphrasis a description of artwork. Its free to use online and very affordable in a variety of formats. This is the third volume of the commentary on the amores of ovid. Go, pious feathered ones, beat your breasts with your wings and mark your delicate cheeks with hard talons. Parrot, the mimic, the winged one from indias orient, is dead go, birds, in a flock and follow him to the grave. Valerius messalla corvinus, but this did not prevent friendship with ovid, who laments tibullus premature death in amores 3. Wraight before going on to the elegies, since two of the several reasons she gives for marlowes authorship of edward the third are related to what he learned from ovid. This is the endorsed publication from ocr and bloomsbury for the latin alevel group 4 prescription of ovids amores, giving full latin text. Poem 1, in which the poet introduces his second book, is not here translated.
The amores is a collection of romantic poems centered on the poets own complicated love life. The tristia was written between 9 and 12 ce and is made up of five books, totaling over 3000 lines of elegiac couplets. Here too love commands go far, stay far, you puritans. Ovid students of latin have long enjoyed the poetry of ovid, but his love poems, aptly titled amores, have proved more difficult to introduce into the classroom. The three books of amores contain some of ovids wittiest, sexiest and most sophisticated poetry, and the publication of booths text, commentary. In each book, ovid describes the ancient customs, myths, and rituals of latium as they happen in each month of the roman calendar. I, that poet naso, born by pelignian waters, also composed these, my naughtinesses. Ovid s art of love in three books, the remedy of love, the art of beauty, the court of love, the history of love, and amours. Even in its incomplete form the final volume is still in preparation, the commentary on the amores of ovid has become a scholarly standard. The previous poem gave us nothing but arguments, which did not in the end seem to be those likely to win a girls heart.
Book 1 contains 15 elegiac love poems about various aspects of love and erotiocism, book 2 contains 19 elegies and book 3 a further 15. Throughout the metamorphoses, ovid stresses the importance of art. Aeneid book 1 lines 1519, book 2 lines 156, 199297, 469566, 735804, book 4 lines 1448, 642705, book 6 lines 1211, 450476, 847901, book 10 lines 420509, book 12 lines 791842, 887952. Cupid appears throughout the amores, sometimes accompanied by his mother, venus. Both verses were alike till love men say began to smile and. Fortunately the bristol classical press quickly responded to the situation by commissioning. Barsby observes that it is unlikely that ovid was really planning to write an epic, even though he elsewhere talks about his subject, the battle of the gods and giants amores 2. Open book publishers and dcc commentaries have released a commentary on ovid s amores 1. Included is a text of poems 110, to which the present commentary is confined. Ovid s three books of personal love elegies are arguably his most attractive work. The oxen that shirk when first seized for the yoke. The hot steeds mouth is bruised from the harsh curb. The metamorphoses is our best classical source of 250 myths.
An introduction and commentary with discussion of myths, links to classical sources, and influences in art and literature larry a. Ive seen the torch thats swung about grow brighter. As with the preceding book, the poems will be given brief descriptions below. The elegiac couplet on which see the next section was originally used, first by the greeks and then by the romans, for short epigrams, often on erotic subjects. This thesis attempts to provide for the first time an english commentary on poems from the second book of ovids amores.
Excellent treatment of the first book of ovid s amores. Although influenced by poets such as catullus, ovid demonstrates a much greater awareness of the funny side of love than any of his predecessors. Del chrol, professor, marshall university on 21720. Notwithstanding the warnings of the seer tiresias and the cautionary tale of a character acoetes perhaps bacchus in disguise, who tells of how the god once transformed a group of blasphemous sailors into dolphins, pentheus refuses to acknowledge. This is the second book of the amores and in the text it is labeled as such. Commentary on ovid amores 1 free online the classics library.
The book follows the popular model of the erotic elegy, as made famous by figures such as tibullus. A commentary on ovid, amores ii, 110 royal holloway repository. This extract from ovids theban history recounts the confrontation of pentheus, king of thebes, with his divine cousin, bacchus, the god of wine. If ovids book is telling us the story of a love affair, the fourth poem suggests at first that the poet has made a lot of progress. It was first published in 16 bc in five books, but ovid, by his own account, later edited it down into the threebook edition that survives today. Arnold schwarzenegger this speech broke the internet and most inspiring speech it changed my life. We find several examples of marlowes stylistic idiosyncrasies in edward.
Ovids influence on western art and literature cannot be exaggerated. The format proceeds page by page, so there is no need to keep turning to the back. Language latin uniform title amores series arca, classical and medieval. Ovids three books of personal love elegies are arguably his most attractive work. But ovid never leaves off his own selfcriticism for long. The quality and usefulness of this commentary far outweigh any idiosyncrasies i may have found in ryan and perkinss choices, and their commentary provides a welcome expansion of options for teaching latin poetry at the intermediate level. For the more advanced scholars she also provides a traditional line by line commentary on. Provides information about the life of ovid, scansion, the textual tradition. If reading five thou plainst of tediousnesse, two tane away, thy labor will be lesse. Joy littlewood 2006 a commentary on ovid, tristia, book 2. The first elegy is a debate with himself about whether or not he should turn away from the writing of his poems of sentiment to the production of tragic verse. Ovid later revised this layout, reducing it to the surviving, extant collection of three books, including some additional poems written as late as 1 ce. What was the importance of the witch in the amores. Students of latin have long enjoyed the poetry of ovid, but his love poems, aptly titled amores, have proved more difficult to introduce into the classroom.
Christopher marlowes poems ovids elegies book three. A near contemporary of propertius was albius tibullus born between 55 and 48 bc. Poem 3 describes his final night in rome, poems 2 and 10 ovid s voyage to tomis, 8 the betrayal of a friend, and 5 and 6 the loyalty of his friends and wife. Del chrol, professor, marshall university on 2 1720. This extract from ovid s theban history recounts the confrontation of pentheus, king of thebes, with his divine cousin, bacchus, the god of wine. Arca classical and medieval texts, papers and monographs xxii. Curricular changes and increased appreciation of sophisticated love poetry are finally making room for the amores.