Abstract
This chapter looks into the signs of abject desire in Ars Amatoria. Throughout Ovid's poetry, Phaedra and Medea are depicted as paradigms in exemplary catalogues of mythological figures meant to teach, warn, or encourage the auditor or reader. The chapter considers the destructive potential of women's erotic desire constructing all female passion in a continuum, especially with erotic desire balancing rage. Meanwhile, Atreidae, Menelaus and Agamemnon serve as examples of poorly performed masculinity because they are unable to regulate their wives' passions. The chapter explains that Ovid's specific construction of paradigms as abject subjects inextricably links feminine gender to the tragic genre.
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