Ovid

Ovid (2 AD). Ars Amatoria (The Art of Love).

The Ars Amatoria, or The Art of Love, in English, was the trilogy written by ancient Roman poet Ovid in the second century of A.D.

The first book of Ars Amatoria teaches men how to find a woman.

The second book of Ars Amatoria educates men how to keep her.

The third book of Ars Amatoria advises women on how to win and keep a man’s love.

Here are the two translations available for English reading.

Kline, A. S. (2001). Translation of Ovid’s Ars Amatoria: The Art of Love.

It is a recent poetic translation in English by A. S. Kline

Riley, H. T. (1885/2014). Ars Amatoria: The Art of Love by Ovid; Literally Translated into English Prose, with Copious Notes.

It is a literal translation into English prose by H. T. Riley