Table of Contents

Preface; Introduction; List of abbreviations; 1. Early years - integer et laetus; 2. Latin erotic elegy - his comes umbra tua est; 3. The elegiac couplet - blanda elegeia; 4. The Amores - tenerorum lusor amorum; 5. The Heroides - dolor ira mixtus; 6. The Ars amatoria and Remedia amoris - praeceptor amoris; 7. The Metamorphoses - most capricious poet; 8. The Fasti - tempora cum causis; 9. Banishment: Tristia I and II - repertus ego; 10. Tristia III-V, Ibis, Epistulae ex ponto - among the Goths; 11. The middle ages - Venus' clerk Ovyde; 12. The Renaissance - sweet witty soul; Epilogue; Appendix of references; List of modern works cited; Indexes: 1. Ovidian passages quoted; 2. Proper names (selected).

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Originally published in 1955, this introductory text was created for the general reader or students of the classics seeking a greater understanding of Ovid.