It seems you are asking for an essay on the concept of —a phrase most famously associated with the Roman poet Ovid and his Ars Amatoria (The Art of Love). In classical rhetoric and love elegy, Ovid ironically instructs male lovers to adopt the postures and servitude of a slave ( servitium amoris ), while female lovers are often compared to captured war trophies ( militia amoris or the "captive woman" model).