Ovid's gift is to make young women famous with his poetry. Pleasure is had on both sides, so she should not be looking at him, a poor man, for material gifts. THE POET'S GIFT I.10 Ovid is repulsed by his mistress' prostitute-like request for gifts.LOVE IS WAR I.9 Ovid compares lovers with soldiers and the husbands of mistresses to the enemy.She says he's much to be preferred to the poor poet, i.e., Ovid, who happens to be eavesdropping and gets caught. THE PROCURESS I.8 Ovid listens to Dipsas, an aptly named dipsomaniac procurer, tell a young woman that a rich and handsome man fancies her.THE ASSAULT I.7 Ovid is remorseful because he hit his love, pulled her hair, and scratched her.Ovid says he once came to the other's assistance when the door keeper's mistress was going to punish him. THE DOORKEEPER I.6 Ovid, admittedly slightly intoxicated by wine, as well as love, wants the doorkeeper to let him in so he can see his mistress.He discusses her beautiful body and says - without further detail on their actions - that after they tired each other, they rested. CORINNA IN AN AFTERNOON I.5 Ovid describes the afternoon that Corinna spends with him.THE DINNER PARTY I.4 Ovid is to attend a dinner party where both his mistress and her husband will be, so he discusses how he'll arrange to have secret intimacies with her.HIS ASSETS AS A LOVER I.3 Ovid establishes his background as an equestrian and says he's a constant lover.LOVE'S VICTIM I.2 Ovid admits to Cupid that his arrows have left their mark on the poet's heart.
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