Ovid on Cosmetics

The Medicamina Faciei Femineae is a didactic elegy which showcases an early example of Ovid's trademark combination of a moralistic, instructive form and trivial subject and meter. Exploring female beauty and cosmetics, with particular emphasis on the concept of ‘cultus', the poem also presents five...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Johnson, Marguerite
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	Bloomsbury Academic 2021
Subjects:	Classics Ancient Rome Ancient History Ovid Cosmetics Female Beauty thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSB Literary studies: general::DSBB Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval
Online Access:	1004312
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