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OVID ° (43 b.c.e.–17 c.e.), Roman poet. Ovid, offering counsel to young Romans concerning the place and time of their amorous adventures, advises them not to omit the place where the Syrian Jew performs his rite each seventh day (Ars Amatoria 1:75). The seventh day, celebrated by the "Palestinian Syrian" (the Jew), "a day not favorable for transacting business," is commended as a suitable time for the beginning of a courtship (ibid., 1:415). Ovid also warns against respect for the "foreign" Sabbath or consideration for the rainy season (Remedium Amoris 217f.).
[Jacob Petroff]
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