Rouge and crocodile dung: notes on Ovid, Ars 3.199–200 and 269–70

Classical Quarterly 45 (02):583- (1995)
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Abstract

In Ars Amatoria 3.267–72, part of a longer sequence which begins in 261, Ovid advises his female readers on how to conceal various physical shortcomings. Text and apparatus are quoted from Kenney's revised OCT: quae nimium gracilis, pleno uelamina filo sumat, et ex umeris laxus amictus eat; pallida purpureis tangat sua corpora uirgis, nigrior ad Pharii confuge piscis opem; pes malus in niuea semper celetur aluta, arida nee uinclis crura resolue suis;…

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