Table of Contents

Composition of the "Ars Amatoria"; the "Ars", Ovid's exile, and the poet's intentions; the didactic tradition; Sigla; Ars Amatoria 1; commentary. Appendices: the cronology of Ovid's earlier works and the "ars"; "me Venus artificem tenero praefecit amori"; another "propempticon" for Gaius: antipater of Thesselonica"; Busiris and Phalaris in Callimachus' "Aetia"; "epithalamion of Achilles and Deidamia", lines 10-30.

Reviews

"'Teachers and students alike will be delighted with the effectiveness with which Hollis places the Ars Amatoria within its proper cultural milieu.' Classical Journal" "'This is a most valuable ... aid to students of [Ovid's] erotic poems.' Hermathena" "'contains a clear and up-to-date introduction and an intelligent, even humorous commentary in the best traditions of English literary criticism' Arctos"