Ovids Art of Love Ars amatoria Marine Venus

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

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

Recap & Update Virtus romana, matrimonium, lex

Virtus romana, matrimonium, lex mos maiorum (“way of the ancestors”) and virtus romana l matrimonial ideology l The Augustan legislation l lex iulia et papia lex iulia de adulteriis coercendis Augustus

The Augustan Legislation Lex iulia et papia 18 BCE, 9 CE l Sanctions on marriage between members of the ordo senatorius and l l lex iulia de adulteriis coercendis 18 BCE l to Repress adultery l Freedpersons Infames Criminals Adulterers 12/4/2020 5

Ovid’s Ars Background, Structure, Theme

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

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

Selected Themes, Issues l Lascivi amores l l “wanton passions” “Safe love, legitimate liaisons” (p. 167) l venerem tutam concessaque furta …, / nullum … crimen Masculinity l “Cybele’s Votaries” l Guilty Menelaus (p. 203) l Mos maiorum l l l On Cosmetics: “Young girls didn’t cultivate their persons in the old days. … Let others worship the past; I much prefer the present” (bk 3, p. 217) Feminine treachery l Pasiphae et al. Erotic asymmetry, violence l Rape of the Sabine Women l “It’s all right to use force…” l Adultery (? ) l “to please your lady’s escort” (viro placuisse puellae) (p. 184) l “Husbands allow this latitude to lawful wives…” (p. l 207)

Discussion What Would Ovid Say?

What Would Ovid Say?