Ovid's Amores, Book One: A Commentary

199 Pages·2011·1.092 MB·English

by  Maureen B. Ryan (author) & Caroline A. Perkins (author)

o v i d ’ s
A m o r e s
b o o k o n e
A Commentary
Maureen b. Ryan and Caroline A. Perkins
Ovid’s Amores, Book One
Oklahoma Series in Classical Culture
Oklahoma Series in Classical Culture
Series Editor
Ellen Greene, University of Oklahoma
Advisory Board
Susan Guettel Cole, State University of New York,Buffalo
Carolyn J. Dewald, Bard College
Thomas M. Falkner, The College of Wooster
Elaine Fantham, Princeton University
Nancy Felson, University of Georgia
Helene P. Foley, Barnard College
Sara Mack, University of North Carolina,Chapel Hill
Thomas R. Martin, College of the Holy Cross
John F. Miller, University of Virginia
Jon Solomon, University of Arizona
Richard F. Thomas, Harvard University
Ovid’s Amores, Book One
A Commentary
Maureen B. Ryan and Caroline A. Perkins
University of Oklahoma Press : Norman
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Ryan, Maureen B., 1951–
Ovid's Amores, Book one : a commentary / Maureen B. Ryan and Caroline A.
Perkins.
p. cm.—(Oklahoma series in classical culture ; v. 41)
Commentary in English, text in Latin.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-8061-4144-2 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Ovid, 43 b.c.–17 or 18 a.d.
Amores. Book 1. 2. Elegiac poetry, Latin—History and criticism. 3. Love
poetry, Latin—History and criticism. I. Perkins, Caroline A., 1952– II. Ovid, 43
B.C.-17 or 18 A.D. Amores. Book 1. III. Title.
PA6519.A73R93 2011
871'.01—dc22
2010008802
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Contents
Preface ix
Introduction 3
Glossary of Terms 19
P. Ovidi Nasonis Amorum: Liber Primus 25
Amores 1.1 27
Amores1.2 35
Amores1.3 43
Amores1.4 50
Amores1.5 59
Amores1.6 65
Amores1.7 74
Amores1.8 83
Amores1.9 95
Amores1.10 102
Amores1.11 111
Amores1.12 117
Amores1.13 122
Amores1.14 129
Amores1.15 136
Vocabulary 145
Bibliography 177
Index 181
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Preface
The genesis of this book was a perceived need for a teaching text of
the Amores geared to the intermediate Latin student. Current texts
and commentaries either include English translations of the poems
or provide extensive literary and textual information without the
translation aids required by students at this level. Recently published
Ovid readers have been keyed to the secondary school advanced
placement test, and they include selections from both the Amores
and the Metamorphoses. With this in mind, we have designed a
complete reading text of Amores 1 for students who have completed
the study of Latin grammar at the elementary level and have had
some experience reading extended passages of Latin poetry.
The introduction provides an overview of the elegiac genre and
Ovid’s career as a poet and a basic discussion of elegiac meter and
style. The text of the poems is our own, differing (though not sub-
stantially) from other established manuscripts of the Amores, and
with very little textual commentary. We include short introductions
to acquaint the student with each poem’s subject matter and themes,
and, to assist the student further, we offer a comprehensive vocabu-
lary at the back.
We are well aware that in today’s classrooms Latin students of
varying abilities and experience may be enrolled in the same course,
and we have tried to address their individual needs. The notes are
designed to help students of different levels approach both the lan-
guage and the poetry of Ovid with greater understanding.They offer
the grammatical and syntactical assistance that a less experienced
Latin student would depend on as well as basic background infor-
mation. They also provide stylistic commentary and information
of a literary and interpretative nature that a more experienced Latin
student would welcome. As an additional aid, the notes for each
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