In all of ancient literature there is nothing quite like the Ars Amatoria, Ovid's guide to seduction. He devotes Book 3 to teaching the women of Augustan Rome how to find, catch, and keep a male lover. Along with generous portions of wit and absurdity, his text contains a wealth of culturalreferences, highlighting Rome's architecture, theatres, gladiatorial spectacles, temples, baths, men's and women's clothing, hairstyles, cosmetics, music, poetry-reading, letter-writing, games, slavery, parties, sexuality, and sex. This last and longest book of Ovid's most notorious work helps ussee ancient Rome in a new light. Ars Amatoria Book 3 is the first volume in the Oxford Greek and Latin College Commentaries series. ABOUT THE SERIESSeries Editors: Barbara Weiden Boyd, Bowdoin College, Stephen Esposito, Boston University, and Mary Lefkowitz, Wellesley CollegeThe Oxford Greek and Latin College Commentaries are designed for students in intermediate or advanced Greek or Latin. Each volume includes a comprehensive introduction, and, on facing pages, the ancient text, a running vocabulary, and succinct notes focusing on grammar and syntax, distinctivefeatures of style, and essential context. FORTHCOMING VOLUMESSelected Letters from Pliny the Younger's EpistulaeJacqueline Carlon, Boston UniversitySuetonius's Life of AugustusDarryl Phillips, Connecticut CollegeSophocles, Oedipus TyrannusStephen Esposito, Boston University | Ovid Ars Amatoria Book 3 by Christopher M. Brunelle, Paperback | Indigo Chapters