Table of Contents

Introduction; Text and critical apparatus; Method of the commentary; Commentary.

Promotional Information

A full-scale commentary emphasising the poem's didactic elements and its treatment of women.

About the Author

Roy K. Gibson is Lecturer in Classics at the University of Manchester.

Reviews

'A detailed commentary on the third book of the Ars amatoria has long been a desideratum. Roy K. Gibson's impressive work fills the gap and does an admirable job at elucidating a poem that for all its obvious entertainment value is not always easy to interpret. ... the commentary is a masterwork of learning ... a treasure trove ... pleasantly undogmatic. ... Well aware of the complexity of Ovid's text, Gibson judiciously refrains from simplifying it - an honest and reasonable attitude that provides a welcome corrective to the all-too-ofen one-sided and ideology-driven interpretations found in recent Ovidian scholarship.' Katharina Volk, Columbia University, New York