ovid secondary scholars

Question 1

Ovids amatory works put private life on display - Sharrock

Answer 1

Ovid’s own life

Question 2

purpose

Answer 2

The only didactic work where the author benefits more than the audience - Brunelle Critics have repeatedly felt that the poems lack sincerity Bishop

Question 3

content

Answer 3

‘humour as an effective tool for reinforcing the message’ - gibson
‘love is not as much an emotion, as an activity’ - hollis

Question 4

women

Answer 4

‘gives space to a female voice, in however a provocative manner’ - sharrock
‘ovid proceeds on the assumption that women are naturally uncivilised’ - leach
‘contains asides and cheap jokes for male ears’ - riimell

Question 5

society

Answer 5

‘sex is set up as an alternative to an augustan citizenship’ - sharrock
‘he is driven by a troubled relationship with the purveyors of roman masculinity’ - sharrock