tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22752109.post8927282881483275976..comments2023-12-21T07:05:42.464-05:00Comments on Erik's Choice: Publius Ovidius Naso, aka Ovid: Amores I (16 B. C.)Erik Donald Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02332500850365598564noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22752109.post-74666611187849777042017-02-24T18:11:58.518-05:002017-02-24T18:11:58.518-05:00Thanks for the comments! I aim to read as much as...Thanks for the comments! I aim to read as much as possible within realistic social limits and work at a library, so books are everywhere for the cherry-picking . . . And: I will be sure to get to Lovebirds ~ cheers ~ huzzah ~ ! Erik Donald Francehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02332500850365598564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22752109.post-41588452135219051302017-02-21T22:28:00.988-05:002017-02-21T22:28:00.988-05:00It would appear that love is not, nor ever has bee...It would appear that love is not, nor ever has been, for the faint of spirit. No wonder humans go to war instead!Barbara Bruederlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14476249934930666695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22752109.post-10313116913742312172017-02-21T05:16:43.048-05:002017-02-21T05:16:43.048-05:00Well, today was the first I heard of Amores. Now ...Well, today was the first I heard of Amores. Now I checked amazon and awww, charming lines, and again the freakishly direct link with Lovebirds, after all these 2000 years like you say. <br /><br />It turns out that Metamorphoses (spelling?) includes stories we've heard/read in condensed form...in this lovely little storybook called Men and Gods in my secondary school, and now in rap music (Icarus at least) thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05362291064620569539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22752109.post-90022930065920159412017-02-21T04:54:37.301-05:002017-02-21T04:54:37.301-05:001. How do you (people) manage to (have) read so mu...1. How do you (people) manage to (have) read so much? I've still never read Ovid. Tips? <br /><br />2. Proud tradition of love poets though, eh, eh? Insert my ad for Lovebirds here :) :) thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05362291064620569539noreply@blogger.com