Ovid's matchless love poems in a glittering translation by the young Christopher Marlowe, illustrated by Rodin's astonishingly free and improvisatory woodcuts, made in his later years.
Ovid's matchless love poems in a glittering translation by the young Christopher Marlowe, illustrated by Rodin's astonishingly free and improvisatory woodcuts, made in his later years.
Publius Ovidius Naso, known as Ovid in the English-speaking world, was a Roman poet who lived during the reign of Augustus. Christopher Marlowe, also known as Kit Marlowe, was an English playwright, poet and translator of the Elizabethan era. Marlowe was the foremost Elizabethan tragedian of his day. Auguste Rodin was a French sculptor, generally considered the progenitor of modern sculpture.
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1. How he is obliged by Cupid to write of love instead of war p. 6 2. That being carried away by first love he suffers himself to be led in triumph by Cupid p. 8 3. To his mistress p. 10 4. He advises his mistress what stratagem or nods she should employ at dinner in her husband’s presence p. 12 5. Going to bed with Corinna p. 16 6. To the porter to open the door for him p. 17 7. To placate his mistress whom he had beaten p. 20 8. He curses the bawd who has been instructing his mistress in the arts of a whore p. 23 9. To Atticus that a lover ought not to be lazy any more than a soldier p. 28 10. To a girl not to ask for reward for love p. 31 11. He tells Nape to carry a letter to Corinna p. 34 12. He curses the letter which he had sent because his mistress refused him the night p. 36 13. To the Dawn not to hurry p. 38 14. That he is compelled to write of love-affairs rather than the battle of the Giants p. 40 15. To Bagous that he should keep watch with greater laxity over the girl committed to his charge p. 43 16. To the eunuch house servant p. 46 17. That he loves women whatever their looks p. 48 18. To his unfaithful mistress p. 51 19. He clears himself of his mistress’s accusation that he loves her maid p. 54 20. To his mistress that if she sin she sin in secret p. 56 21. He complains that being admitted by his mistress he couldn’t copulate p. 58 22. To Venus that he is bringing the elegies to an end p. 62
1. How he is obliged by Cupid to write of love instead of war p. 6 2. That being carried away by first love he suffers himself to be led in triumph by Cupid p. 8 3. To his mistress p. 10 4. He advises his mistress what stratagem or nods she should employ at dinner in her husband’s presence p. 12 5. Going to bed with Corinna p. 16 6. To the porter to open the door for him p. 17 7. To placate his mistress whom he had beaten p. 20 8. He curses the bawd who has been instructing his mistress in the arts of a whore p. 23 9. To Atticus that a lover ought not to be lazy any more than a soldier p. 28 10. To a girl not to ask for reward for love p. 31 11. He tells Nape to carry a letter to Corinna p. 34 12. He curses the letter which he had sent because his mistress refused him the night p. 36 13. To the Dawn not to hurry p. 38 14. That he is compelled to write of love-affairs rather than the battle of the Giants p. 40 15. To Bagous that he should keep watch with greater laxity over the girl committed to his charge p. 43 16. To the eunuch house servant p. 46 17. That he loves women whatever their looks p. 48 18. To his unfaithful mistress p. 51 19. He clears himself of his mistress’s accusation that he loves her maid p. 54 20. To his mistress that if she sin she sin in secret p. 56 21. He complains that being admitted by his mistress he couldn’t copulate p. 58 22. To Venus that he is bringing the elegies to an end p. 62
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