OVID SCHOLARSHIP Flashcards
(9 cards)
1
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LEACH
A
A well organised pattern of anti-feminist humor pervades the poem
2
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BISHOP
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Critics have repeatedly felt that the poems lack sincerity
3
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BISHOP
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The Ars Amatoria is about lust rather than love
4
Q
D’ELIA
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He detested homosexual activity in which one partner is no more than a victim to the other’s desire
5
Q
GIBSON
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Ovid deflates epic by presenting mythical heroines as mere causes or erotic disappointment
6
Q
GIBSON
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The much praised transformation and adornment of Augustan Rome must legitimise the adornment of its inhabitants
7
Q
ROMONO
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Love is the art of outmanoeuring the partner
8
Q
HALL
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Ovid isn’t writing to women, he’s mocking them
9
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BRUNELLE
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An audience whose identity is never entirely stable
