What is "amores"

Amores is Ovid's first completed book of poetry, written in elegiac couplets. It was first published in 16 BC in 5 books, but Ovid by his own account later edited it down into the 3-book edition that has come down to us. The book follows the popular model of the erotic elegy, as made famous by figures such as Tibullus or Propertius, but is often subversive and humorous with these tropes, exaggerating common motifs and devices to the point of absurdity.

The Erōtes or Amores (; "Loves", or "The two kinds of love") is a Greek dialogue written in the Roman Empire. It is an example of contest literature, comparing the love of women and the love of boys, and concluding that the latter was preferable. The dialogue was transmitted among the works of Lucian. Most modern scholars believe that the style of the dialogue puts into question its authorship. The work is normally cited under the name of Pseudo-Lucian. The Erōtes is also famous for its vivid description of the Cnidian Aphrodite of Praxiteles.

The same subject is treated in the Amatorius of Plutarch and Leucippe and Clitophon by Achilles Tatius, but with the opposite conclusion. In terms of structure, the dialogue may be considered similar to Plato's works, in which Socrates is often in contest with another man.

The title has also been translated as "Affairs of the Heart".

Amores may refer to:

In literature:

• Amores (Ovid), the first book by the poet Ovid, published in 5 volumes in 16 BCE.
• Amores (Lucian), a play by Lucian. Also known as Erotes.
• Erotes (mythology), known as Amores by the Romans.
• Amores, a book of poetry by D. H. Lawrence

In music:

• Amores, a piece for percussion group and prepared piano composed by John Cage