Sexual politics in Ovid's Amores: 3.4, 3.8, and 3.12.

Discusses the presence of sexual politics in Ovid's third book of poems `The Amores.' Support to the idea that Ovid criticizes a social and political system that promotes aggression, conquest and exploitation of women; Consequences of domination; Invitation to question the perspectives of a lover w...

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Published in:Classical Philology Vol. 89; no. 4; pp. 344 - 351
Main Author: Greene, Ellen
Format: Literary Criticism
Published: University of Chicago Press Oct94
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