Ovid

Reading notes

• The Loves §1 Naso

  Ovid names himself by his cognomen Naso; the 'five little books' cut to three is the (lost) first edition trimmed to the surviving second.

• The Art of Love §2.32 Naso

  Publius Ovidius Naso — Ovid himself, who signs the spoils 'Naso was my master.'

• Ibis §1 Naso's

  The poet's own family name (Publius Ovidius Naso); he speaks of his earlier, 'unarmed' poetry.

• The Cure for Love §2 Naso

  Publius Ovidius Naso — Ovid himself, naming the author of the love-poems his readers are to study again for the cure.

• The Cure for Love §17 Naso

  Publius Ovidius Naso, the poet himself, addressed by name by the dream-Cupid.