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Ovid’s Art of Love ( Ars amatoria )

Marine Venus – Pompeii, 1 st cent. CE. Ovid. Ovid’s Art of Love ( Ars amatoria ). Ideology, Poetry, Empire. Agenda. Recap & Update Virtus romana , matrimonium , lex Ovid’s Ars Background, Structure, Theme Discussion What Would Ovid Say?. Recap & Update.

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Ovid’s Art of Love ( Ars amatoria )

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  1. Marine Venus – Pompeii, 1st cent. CE Ovid Ovid’s Art of Love (Ars amatoria) Ideology, Poetry, Empire

  2. Agenda • Recap & Update • Virtus romana, matrimonium, lex • Ovid’s Ars • Background, Structure, Theme • Discussion • What Would Ovid Say?

  3. Recap & Update Virtus romana, matrimonium, lex

  4. Virtus romana, matrimonium, lex • mos maiorum (“way of the ancestors”)and virtus romana • matrimonial ideology • The Augustan legislation • lexiulia et papia • lexiulia de adulteriiscoercendis Augustus

  5. The Augustan Legislation Lex iulia et papia lexiulia de adulteriiscoercendis 18 BCE to Repress adultery • 18 BCE, 9 CE • Sanctions on marriage between members of the ordosenatorius and • Freedpersons • Infames • Criminals • Adulterers

  6. Ovid’s Ars Background, Structure, Theme

  7. Bio-Historical Background reign of Augustus Death of Caesar marriagelegislation Cato censor Catullus accession death 184 BCE ca. 60 BCE 41 BCE 27 BCE 18 BCE 9 CE 14 CE Sulpicia Ovid (43 BCE–17/18 CE, banished 8 CE)Art of Love, ca. 2 BCE-2CE

  8. BOOK 1-A“First … comes the task of finding an object for your love” (p. 167) BOOK 1-B“Next, you must labor to woo and win your lady” (p. 167) BOOK 2“Thirdly, ensure that the affair will last” (p. 167) BOOK 3“Now I must fashion weapons for Penthesilea and her girls” (p. 214) Structure

  9. Lasciviamores “wanton passions” “Safe love, legitimate liaisons” (p. 167) veneremtutamconcessaquefurta …, / nullum … crimen Masculinity “Cybele’s Votaries” Guilty Menelaus (p. 203) Mos maiorum On Cosmetics: “Young girls didn’t cultivate their persons in the old days. … Let others worship the past; I much prefer the present” (bk3, p. 217) Feminine treachery Pasiphae et al. Erotic asymmetry, violence Rape of the Sabine Women “It’s all right to use force…” Adultery (?) “to please your lady’s escort” (viroplacuissepuellae) (p. 184) “Husbands allow this latitude to lawful wives…” (p. 207) Selected Themes, Issues

  10. Discussion What Would Ovid Say?

  11. What Would Ovid Say?

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