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UNINA9910597931203321 |
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Ovid <43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D.> |
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Titolo |
Ovid on cosmetics : Medicamina faciei femineae and related texts / / [Ovid] ; Marguerite Johnson |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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New York, : Bloomsbury Academic, 2016 |
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9781474218696 |
1474218695 |
9781472506740 |
147250674X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (193 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Ovid <43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D.> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Cosmetics |
Didactic poetry, Latin |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction -- Medicamina Faciei Femineae: Latin text and [English] translation -- Commentary -- Selected passages from Ars Amatoria and Amores: Latin text and [English] translation -- Commentary -- Select -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"The Medicamina Faciei Femineae is a didactic elegy that showcases an early example of Ovid's trademark combination of poetic instruction and trivial subject matter. Exploring female beauty and cosmeceuticals, with particular emphasis on the concept of cultus, the poem presents five practical recipes for treatments for Roman women. Covering both didactic parody and pharmacological reality, this deceptively complex poem possesses wit and vivacity and provides an important insight into Roman social mores and day-to-day activities. The first full study in English devoted to this little-researched but multi-faceted poem, Ovid on Cosmetics includes an introduction that situates the poem within its literary heritage of didactic and elegiac poetry, its place in Ovid's oeuvre and its relevance to social values, personal aesthetics and attitudes to female beauty in Roman society. The Latin text is presented on parallel p. alongside a new translation, and all Latin words and phrases are translated for the non-specialist reader. |
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