Ovid
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Statue (1887) by Ettore Ferrari
commemorating Ovid's exile in Tomis (present-day Constanța, Romania) |
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| Born | Publius Ovidius Naso 20 Mairch 43 BC Sulmo, Italia, Roman Republic |
| Died | AD 17 or 18 (age 58–60) Tomis, Scythia Minor, Roman Empire |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Genres | Elegy, epic, drama |
Publius Ovidius Naso (20 Mairch 43 BC – AD 17/18), kent as Ovid in the Inglis-speakin warld, wis a Roman poet best kent for the Metamorphoses, a 15-beuk continuous meethological narrative written in the meter o epic, an for collections o love poetry in elegiac couplets, especially the Amores ("Love Affairs") an Ars Amatoria ("Airt o Love"). His poetry wis much imitatit during Late Antiquity an the Middle Ages, an greatly influenced Wastren airt an leeteratur. The Metamorphoses remains ane o the maist important soorces o classical meethology.[1]
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- ↑ Mark P. O. Morford, Robert J. Lenardon, Classical Mythology (Oxford University Press US, 1999), p. 25. ISBN 0-19-514338-8 ISBN 978-0-19-514338-6
