Ovid Knihy

This collection of Ovid's poems deals with the whole spectrum of sexual desire, ranging from deeply emotional declarations of eternal devotion to flippant arguments for promiscuity. In the Amores, Ovid addresses himself in a series of elegies to Corinna, his beautiful, elusive mistress. The intimate and vulnerable nature of the poet revealed in these early poems vanishes in the notorious Art of Love, in which he provides a knowing and witty guide to sexual conquest - a work whose alleged obscenity led to Ovid's banishment from Rome in AD 8. This volume also includes the "Cures for Love," with instructions on how to terminate a love affair, and "On Facial Treatment for Ladies," an incomplete poem on the art of cosmetics. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

La creation du monde et la naissance de l'homme, l'age d'or, le deluge, l'orgueil d'Arachne, Echo et Narcisse, Dedale et Icare, Orphee et Eurydice, Apollon et Daphne. Des recits mythiques et poetiques qui fascinent l'homme en quete des ses origines. Cette edition originale propose de decouvrir vingt-cinq histoires de metamorphoses parmi les plus representatives de l'oeuvre d'Ovide.

La séduction : un art subtil, un rite mis à l'honneur pendant la Renaissance avec les cours d'amour, mais déjà chanté par Ovide. La femme étant libre de ses sens et de ses sentiments, comment la conquérir ? Où tendre ses filets ? Compliments, promesses, larmes, baisers, hardiesse... Toutes les armes sont bonnes. Celle que l'on aime une fois séduite, comment la retenir ? Au terme d'un jeu dont le prix est le plaisir, l'amant raffiné a plus d'une corde à son arc... Quant à la femme, il lui appartient de garder son éternel féminin, ce qui n'est pas le plus facile... Au-delà de l'artifice, l'art doit gouverner l'amour. Un art dans lequel Ovide est passé maître.