While you are still permitted, and you are able to go anywhere because you are not tied down,Ĭhoose someone! and say to your chosen: ‘You alone are perfect (suitable) for me.’ Haec tibi non tenues veniet delapsa per auras: LOVE WON’T JUST HAPPEN YOU NEED TO GO OUT AND FIND IT!ĭum licet, et loris passim potes ire solutis, Here are ten crucial pieces that I believe Ovid would agree are essential for dating (for either sex):ġ. The fact that he equates dating/courting to war and his advice to weapons is one in which most people can understand. Ovid’s progressive attitude is both condemnable and humorous. Which remain I give to you, Penthesilea, and your crew. I have given weapons to the Greeks against the Amazons the weapons Quae tibi dem et turmae, Penthesilea, tuae. Amazon preparing for a battle (Queen Antiop or Armed Venus), by Pierre-Eugène-Emile Hébert 1860 (National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.) Courtesy of WikiCommons & Palbrattberg.Īrma dedi Danais in Amazonas arma supersunt,
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