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ovid background + context Flashcards

context, background, life, writing style + nature of ars amatoria

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What were Ovid’s dates?

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43 BC - 17 AD

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What did Ovid live through?

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5 civil wars by the time he was 12
Last being Battle of Actium in 31 BC

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Who was the first emperor of Rome?

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Augustus when Ovid was 16

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How many times did Ovid marry?

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3
The first 2 were short, the 2nd gave him a daughter
The 3rd was longer + possibly lasted his whole life

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Why was Ovid exiled? Who exiled him?

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For ‘a poem + a mistake’
By Augustus

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What did Ovid want?

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Wanted to be allowed back from exile
Wrote to friends, fam + Augustus
It never happened + he died in exile

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What sort of genre was Ars Amatoria? What does this mean?

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Didactic poetry
Its aim is to teach

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Why was the Ars Amatoria significant?

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The only poetry Ovid wrote for women; insight to their life + loves

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What did Ovid believe about love?

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Love isn’t romantic; its the seduction of a desired person + physical acts that follow; the chase of love

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Which book is written for women?

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Third

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Who does Ovid write for more specifically in book 3?

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Refers to ‘girls’
Unmarried women of a low social status

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Why might we be wrong about the fact that Ovid is writing for women?

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Low class women wouldn’t be able to read; they had no education

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Who are the alternatives that Ovid may ACTUALLY be writing for?

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Men - he uses the girls as a source of humour

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What evidence is there that book 3 might acc be for men?

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A lot of the advice seems to benefit men more

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What does it mean if Ovid IS writing book 3 for men?

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It doesn’t mean he doesn’t offer advice for women, it just means hes writing for a broader audience than he claims

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When did Augustus make adultery illegal?

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18 BC

16
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What meter does Ovid use in the Ars Amatoria? What does this mean?

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Elegiac couplets
Meter used in traditional love elegies

17
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Why might’ve Ovid used elegiac couplets?

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Appeal to tradition?
Ensure his didactic poems were separated from heavy, serious, weighty epics?

18
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What role does Venus play in Ars Amatoria?

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Goddess of love + beauty (Roman)
Ovid uses her as a reason or his book for the women

19
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What does Ovid say about Venus in the start of book 3?

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Venus ordered him to teach women because he’s taught the men

20
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What does Ovid claim by using Venus?

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Claims divine order, but no divine intervention - his words came from him

21
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What does Ovid pair together?

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Love + war

22
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What war + love imagery is given in the beginning of the poem?

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“Go equal to the fight”
“It’s not fair for armed men to battle w naked girls”

23
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How does Ovid use youth vs old age?

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Young brings joy for young women + this dudes when a woman ages
The image of the threat of old age hangs over every woman + Ovid urges women to spend their youth wisely in the seduction of men

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What example in the Ars Amatoria is there of Ovid’s view on youth (quote)?

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“Pluck the flower, which, if not plucked, will of itself, shamefully fall”

25
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What does Ovid believe about women + men + age?

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Women age out pf their prime; men age into theirs

26
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Which heroins caused ill to their husbands?

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Helen, Clytemnestra, Eriphyle

27
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Why is Penelope renowned for her love of her husband?

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Constantly faithful to Odysseus despite hr opportunities to remarry during his long absence

28
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How does Ovid portray Medea?

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Being wronged by her husband

29
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How else did Ovid show men wronging women?

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Aeneas leaving Dido

30
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What is the myth of Pocris + Cephalus?

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Pocris thinks Cephalus is being unfaithful so when he goes to hunt, she spies on him; she realises she was wrong + rushes out to embrace him but he kills her thinking shes an animal

31
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What does Ovid warn w the myth of Pocris + Cephalus?

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The dangers of jealousy

32
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Why did Ovid’s work include a lot of humour?

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Given the political climate
Hope that taboo nature given, Augustus’ legalisations, will amuse the audience

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