# How to Get Over a Breakup: An Ancient Guide to Moving on - Hardcover

by **Ovid** (Author), **Michael Fontaine** (Commentaries by), **Michael Fontaine** (Translator)

**A modern translation of the ancient Roman poet Ovid's _Remedies for Love_\--a witty and irreverent work about how to fall out of love**

Breakups are the worst. On one scale devised by psychiatrists, only a spouse's death was ranked as more stressful than a marital split. Is there any treatment for a breakup? The ancient Roman poet Ovid thought so. Having become famous for teaching the art of seduction in _The Art of Love_, he then wrote _Remedies for Love_ (_Remedia Amoris_), which presents thirty-eight frank and witty strategies for coping with unrequited love, falling out of love, ending a relationship, and healing a broken heart. _How to Get Over a Breakup_ presents an unabashedly modern prose translation of Ovid's lighthearted and provocative work, complete with a lively introduction and the original Latin on facing pages.

Ovid's advice--which he illustrates with ingenious interpretations of classical mythology--ranges from the practical, psychologically astute, and profound to the ironic, deliberately offensive, and bizarre. Some advice is conventional--such as staying busy, not spending time alone, and avoiding places associated with an ex. Some is off-color, such as having sex until you're sick of it. And some is simply and delightfully weird--such as becoming a lawyer and not eating arugula.

Whether his advice is good or bad, entertaining or outrageous, _How to Get Over a Breakup_ reveals an Ovid who sounds startlingly modern.

### Author Biography

**Michael Fontaine** is professor of classics at Cornell University. His books include three other volumes in the Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers series, _How to Grieve_, _How to Tell a Joke_, and _How to Drink_ (all Princeton).

**Number of Pages:** 184

**Dimensions:** 1 x 6.8 x 4.5 IN

**Publication Date:** June 04, 2024

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