Remedia Amoris (also known as Love's Remedy or The Cure for Love; c. 2 AD) is an 814-line poem in Latin by Roman poet Ovid.
Remedia Amoris fell into the Hellenistic category of didactic poetry, often carried out on mock-solemn subjects.
[1] Ovid's goal was to provide, for men and women alike, advice on how to escape safely from an unhappy love affair - emotional bondage - without falling into the tragic ends of such legendary figures as Dido or Medea.
[2] Among the techniques he suggested were: keeping busy; travelling; avoiding wine and love poetry (!
); and concentrating on the beloved's defects rather than their strong points.