Remedies for Love

work by Ovid

Also known as: “Remedia amoris”

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The Remedia amoris, or Remedies for Love, is a poem by the Roman poet Ovid. It is a playful, mock-didactic work that offers advice on how to overcome love and heartbreak. Written as a follow-up to his more famous Ars amatoria (The Art of Love), the Remedia amoris provides a humorous counterpoint, suggesting ways to cure oneself of love's afflictions. Ovid's works, including this one, were highly influential and widely read throughout history, impacting literature and art for centuries.12

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…by a mock recantation, the Remedia amoris, also a burlesque of an established genre, which can have done little to make amends for the Ars. The possibilities for exploiting love-elegy were now effectively exhausted, and Ovid turned to new types of poetry in which he could use his supreme narrative…
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…by a mock recantation, the Remedia amoris, also a burlesque of an established genre, which can have done little to make amends for the Ars. The possibilities for exploiting love-elegy were now effectively exhausted, and Ovid turned to new types of poetry in which he could use his supreme narrative…
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