“How To Get Over A Breakup”: An Ancient Guide To Moving On (Literary Review)

How To Get Over A Breakup: An Ancient Guide To Moving On, by Ovid. Translated and introduced by Michael Fontaine. Princeton University Press, 2024. Available in hardcover, Kindle, and audiobook.

Ovid is the most famous of the amorous poets of Rome’s literary Golden Age.  What distinguishes him from his approximate contemporaries Tibullus and Propertius is his depth of insight, and this is why we still read him today. 

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