{"product_id":"heroides-amores","title":"Heroides. Amores","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOvid (Publius Ovidius Naso, 43 BC–AD 17), born at Sulmo, studied rhetoric and law at Rome. Later he did considerable public service there, and otherwise devoted himself to poetry and to society. Famous at first, he offended the emperor Augustus by his \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eArs amatoria,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and was banished because of this work and some other reason unknown to us, and dwelt in the cold and primitive town of Tomis on the Black Sea. He continued writing poetry, a kindly man, leading a temperate life. He died in exile.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOvid's main surviving works are the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMetamorphoses,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e a source of inspiration to artists and poets including Chaucer and Shakespeare; the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFasti,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e a poetic treatment of the Roman year of which Ovid finished only half; the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAmores,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e love poems; the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eArs amatoria,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e not moral but clever and in parts beautiful; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHeroides,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e fictitious love letters by legendary women to absent husbands; and the dismal works written in exile: the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTristia,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e appeals to persons including his wife and also the emperor; and similar \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eEpistulae ex Ponto.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Poetry came naturally to Ovid, who at his best is lively, graphic and lucid.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780674990456\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ovid\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"display: none;\"\u003e735 8735 28735 328735\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Batner Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44624790159448,"sku":"9780674990456","price":49.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/7564\/3992\/files\/61kQGHNd3kL._SL1304.jpg?v=1787151404","url":"https:\/\/batnerbookstore.com\/products\/heroides-amores","provider":"Batner Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}