Remedia Amoris (Love's Remedy or The Cure for Love) [ c. 2 AD] is an 814-line poem in Latin by Roman poet Ovid.
In this companion poem to The Art of Love, Ovid offers advice and strategies to avoid being hurt by love feelings, or to fall out of love, with a stoic overtone.
Remedia Amoris fell into the Hellenistic category of didactic poetry, often carried out on mock-solemn subjects. [1]
Ovid's goal was to provide, for men and women alike, advice on how to escape safely from an unhappy love affair - emotional bondage - without falling into the tragic ends of such legendary figures as Dido or Medea. [2]
Among the techniques he suggested were: keeping busy; travelling; avoiding wine and love poetry (!); and concentrating on the beloved's defects rather than their strong points. [3]
Remedia Amoris (Love's Remedy or The Cure for Love) [ c. 2 AD] is an 814-line poem in Latin by Roman poet Ovid.
In this companion poem to The Art of Love, Ovid offers advice and strategies to avoid being hurt by love feelings, or to fall out of love, with a stoic overtone.
Remedia Amoris fell into the Hellenistic category of didactic poetry, often carried out on mock-solemn subjects. [1]
Ovid's goal was to provide, for men and women alike, advice on how to escape safely from an unhappy love affair - emotional bondage - without falling into the tragic ends of such legendary figures as Dido or Medea. [2]
Among the techniques he suggested were: keeping busy; travelling; avoiding wine and love poetry (!); and concentrating on the beloved's defects rather than their strong points. [3]