Mysogynist Ovid Flashcards
What quote shows Ovid saying most women are ugly
‘Beauty’s a gift from the gods: how many can boast it?
The larger number among you lack such gifts’
What quote shows if a man doesn’t touch you, you are not beautiful
(Controversial for Ovid’s time because women were meant to be chaste, pure, untouched)
Beauty’s granted or denied by a hands touch’
What quote shows Ovid against seeing women unless they are done up
Why should I know the source of the brightness in your looks? Close you bedroom door! Why betray unfinished work
What quote shows Ovid doesn’t want to know women are dressed up but he wants them dressed up even so
Don’t let your lover find cosmetic bottles on you dressing table
Art delights in its hidden face
What quote is slightly contradicting in that Ovid has just asked Venus to help write his poem and now he is sexualising her as if he holds power over her
‘Naked venus squeezing water from her wet hair
