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Informationen zum Autor Tom Payne was born in 1971. He read Classics at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge and was deputy literary editor of the Daily Telegraph. He now lives with his wife and four children in Dorset, where he teaches English and Classics at Sherborne School, and Latin at the Gryphon School. His previous books are Fame: from the Bronze Age to Britney , and a verse translation of Ovid's The Art of Love (both in Vintage). Klappentext Publius Ovidius Naso was born in Italy on 20 March 43 BC. He was educated in Rome and worked as a public official before taking up poetry full-time. His earliest surviving work is the collection of love poems called the Amores , which was followed by the Heroides . The Ars Amatoria ( The Art of Love ) and the Remedia Amoris ( The Cure for Love ) were probably written between 2 BC and 2 AD. These were followed by his two epic poems the Fasti and the Metamorphoses . In 8 AD Ovid fell out of favour with the Emperor Augustus due to a ' carmen et error ' ('a poem and a mistake') and was banished to what is now Romania. While in exile he wrote Tristia , Ibis and the Epistulae ex Ponto which consists of letters appealing for help in his efforts to be recalled to Rome. Ovid died in exile in 18 AD. Tom Payne was born in 1971. He read Classics at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. For four years he was deputy literary editor of the Daily Telegraph. He lives with his wife and three daughters in Dorset, and teaches English and Classics at Sherborne School. Zusammenfassung The perfect gift for Valentine’s DayTRANSLATED BY TOM PAYNE AND INTRODUCED BY HEPHZIBAH ANDERSONThe Art of Love may have been written in the days of gladiators and emperors, but Ovid remains the smartest teacher on the subject of love in all of history, and his advice is enduringly useful and entertaining.
