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Ovid

Sulmo, Italy, Roman Republic

Homer, Virgil, Hesiod, Lucretius Carus, Catullus, Marcus Tullius Cicer Homer, Virgil, Hesiod, Lucretius Carus, Catullus, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Sophocles, Euripides, Aeschylus ...more

Publius Ovidius Naso (20 March 43 BC – AD 17/18), known in English as Ovid was a Roman poet who lived during the reign of Augustus. He was a younger contemporary of Virgil and Horatius, with whom he is often ranked as one of the three canonical poets of Latin literature. The Imperial scholar Quintilian considered him the last of the Latin love elegists. Although Ovid enjoyed enormous popularity during his lifetime, the emperor Augustus exiled him to Tomis, the capital of the newly-organised province of Moesia, on the Black Sea, where he remained for the last nine or ten years of his life. Ovid himself attributed his banishment to a "poem and a mistake", but his reluctance to disclose specifics has resulted in much speculation among schol Publius Ovidius Naso (20 March 43 BC – AD 17/18), known in English as Ovid was a Roman poet who lived during the reign of Augustus. He was a younger contemporary of Virgil and Horatius, with whom he is often ranked as one of the three canonical poets of Latin literature. The Imperial scholar Quintilian considered him the last of the Latin love elegists. Although Ovid enjoyed enormous popularity during his lifetime, the emperor Augustus exiled him to Tomis, the capital of the newly-organised province of Moesia, on the Black Sea, where he remained for the last nine or ten years of his life. Ovid himself attributed his banishment to a "poem and a mistake", but his reluctance to disclose specifics has resulted in much speculation among scholars.
Ovid is most famous for the Metamorphoses, a continuous mythological narrative in fifteen books written in dactylic hexameters. He is also known for works in elegiac couplets such as Ars Amatoria ("The Art of Love") and Fasti. His poetry was much imitated during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, and greatly influenced Western art and literature. The Metamorphoses remains one of the most important sources of classical mythology today. ...more

Metamorphoses Metamorphoses 4.09 avg rating — 73,467 ratings — published 8 —1239 editions Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
The Art of Love The Art of Love 3.72 avg rating — 6,936 ratings — published 2 —427 editions Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
Heroides Heroides 4.11 avg rating — 3,501 ratings — published -16 —148 editions Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
The Erotic Poems The Erotic Poems by Ovid, Peter Green (Translator) 4.07 avg rating — 2,427 ratings — published -2 —31 editions Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
The Fall of Icarus (Penguin... The Fall of Icarus (Penguin Little Black Classics, #73) by Ovid, Mary M. Innes (Translator) 3.41 avg rating — 2,820 ratings — published 8 —6 editions Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
Metamorphoses: Books 1-8 Metamorphoses: Books 1-8 by Ovid, Frank Justus Miller (Translator), G.P. Goold (Editor) 4.43 avg rating — 864 ratings — published 8 —8 editions Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
The Poems of Exile: Tristia... The Poems of Exile: Tristia and the Black Sea Letters 4.05 avg rating — 646 ratings — published 13 —53 editions Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
Fasti Fasti by Ovid, Anthony J. Boyle, Roger D. Woodard 3.84 avg rating — 615 ratings — published -12 —261 editions Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
Amori Amori 3.97 avg rating — 413 ratings — published -16 —93 editions Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
Remedia amoris Remedia amoris by Ovid, A.A.R. Henderson (Editor) 3.87 avg rating — 387 ratings — published 2 —48 editions Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars

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