Liv Reads Ovid: Valentine's Selections from the Ars Amatoria
Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean
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Art Gives Aid to Beauty
The greatest part of things would cause disgust if you were not to conceal what is within. Art by its concealment, only gives aid to beauty. The female walks along thickly covered with purchased hair. And for money she makes that of others. Here comes those of fair complexion. Black becomes the laughter of brises. We see it being sold before the eyes of hercules and the virgin throng. But let not your lover discover the boxes exposed upon the table.
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