{"product_id":"ovid-on-cosmetics-medicamina-faciei-femineae-and-related-texts-paperback","title":"Ovid on Cosmetics: Medicamina Faciei Femineae and Related Texts - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarguerite Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis open access book examines the \u003ci\u003eMedicamina Faciei Femineae\u003c\/i\u003e, a didactic elegy that showcases an early example of Ovid's trademark combination of poetic instruction and trivial subject matter. Exploring female beauty and cosmeceuticals, with particular emphasis on the concept of cultus, the poem presents five practical recipes for treatments for Roman women. Covering both didactic parody and pharmacological reality, this deceptively complex poem possesses wit and vivacity and provides an important insight into Roman social mores and day-to-day activities. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe first full study in English devoted to this little-researched but multi-faceted poem, \u003ci\u003eOvid on Cosmetics\u003c\/i\u003e includes an introduction that situates the poem within its literary heritage of didactic and elegiac poetry, its place in Ovid's oeuvre and its relevance to social values, personal aesthetics and attitudes to female beauty in Roman society. The Latin text is presented on parallel pages alongside a new translation, and all Latin words and phrases are translated for the non-specialist reader. Detailed commentary notes elucidate the text and individual phrases still further. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eOvid on Cosmetics\u003c\/i\u003e presents and explicates this witty, subversive yet significant poem. Its attention to the technicalities of cosmeceuticals and cosmetics, including detailed analyses of individual ingredients and the effects of specific creams and makeup, make this work a significant contribution to the beauty industry in antiquity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eKnowledge Unlatched programme.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarguerite Johnson \u003c\/b\u003eis Associate Professor in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, The University of Newcastle, Australia. She is author of \u003ci\u003eSappho\u003c\/i\u003e (2006) and \u003ci\u003eBoudicca \u003c\/i\u003e(2012) for the 'Ancients in Action' series, and co-editor (with Harold Tarrant) of \u003ci\u003eAlcibiades and the Socratic Lover-Educator\u003c\/i\u003e, also published by Bristol Classical Press (2012).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9.2 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 28, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52704279593267,"sku":"9781472506573","price":75.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/8ZVM4efHEN9781472506573.webp?v=1763351736","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/ovid-on-cosmetics-medicamina-faciei-femineae-and-related-texts-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}