In a message dated 99-03-06 04:20:19 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< "Ars celare artem" as such is not found in Ovid. What Ovid really said was
"si
latet ars prodest" (Ars 2, 313) and "Ars latet arte sua" (Met. 10, 252)
>>
Thank you both! Jane
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Dear Jane, Simon and all,
"Ars celare artem" as such is not found in Ovid. What Ovid really said was "si
latet ars prodest" (Ars 2, 313) and "Ars latet arte sua" (Met. 10, 252)
Best, Miryam
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>Can someone confirm or deny that "ars est celere artem" is from Ovid's "Art of
>Love".
It's "celare". I haven't got Ovid's "Art of Love" to hand, but the Oxford
Dictionary of English Proverbs cites the Latin merely as "L.", with no
reference to a literary source, and so I suspect it's merely prov
Okay - now that I have your attention
Can someone confirm or deny that "ars est celere artem" is from Ovid's "Art of
Love".
Many thanks,
Jane Cates
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