Ovid - Wikipedia
WEBPublius Ovidius Naso (Latin: [ˈpuːbliʊs ɔˈwɪdiʊs ˈnaːso(ː)]; 20 March 43 BC – AD 17/18), known in English as Ovid (/ ˈ ɒ v ɪ d / OV-id), was a Roman poet who lived during the reign of Augustus. He was a younger contemporary of Virgil and Horace, with whom he is often ranked as one of the three canonical poets of Latin literature.
Ovid | Biography, Metamorphoses, & Facts | Britannica
WEBApr 3, 2024 · Ovid (born March 20, 43 bce, Sulmo, Roman Empire [now Sulmona, Italy]—died 17 ce, Tomis, Moesia [now Constanṭa, Romania]) was a Roman poet noted especially for his Ars amatoria and Metamorphoses. His verse had immense influence both by its imaginative interpretations of Classical myth and as an example of supreme technical accomplishment.
Ovid | Poetry Foundation
WEB43 BCE–17. Publius Ovidius Naso, known as Ovid, was born in Sulmo, Italy, on March 20, 43 BCE. Considered one of the most influential poets in the Western literary tradition, Ovid wrote works including Heroides (“Heroines”), Amores (“Loves”), Ars amatoria (“The Art of Love”), Metamorphoses, and Tristia (“Sorrows”).
Ovid - World History Encyclopedia
WEBMay 11, 2017 · Publius Ovidius Naso, more commonly known to history as Ovid (43 BCE - 17 CE), was one of the most prolific writers of the early Roman Empire. His works of poetry, mostly written in the form of elegiac...
Ovid summary | Britannica
WEBOvid , Latin Publius Ovidius Naso, (born March 20, 43 bc, Sulmo, Roman Empire—died ad 17, Tomis, Moesia), Roman poet. A member of Rome’s knightly class, Ovid dutifully started an official career but soon abandoned it for poetry. His first work, The Loves, was an immediate success.
The Life of the Roman Poet Ovid - ThoughtCo
WEBUpdated on April 05, 2019. Publius Ovidius Naso, known as Ovid, was a prolific Roman poet whose writing influenced Chaucer, Shakespeare, Dante, and Milton. As those men knew, to understand the corpus of Greco-Roman mythology requires familiarity with Ovid's Metamorphoses .
Ovid - Poetry, Metamorphoses, Fasti | Britannica
WEBOvid - Poetry, Metamorphoses, Fasti: Ovid’s extant poems are all written in elegiac couplets except for the Metamorphoses. His first poems, the Amores (The Loves), were published at intervals, beginning about 20 bce, in five books. They form a series of short poems depicting the various phases of a love affair with a woman called Corinna. Their keynote is not passion but the witty and ...
Ovidius University of Constanța - Wikipedia
WEBOvidius University of Constanța (Romanian: Universitatea „Ovidius" din Constanța) is a public higher education institution in Constanța, Romania founded in 1961 as a Pedagogical Institute and transformed into a comprehensive university in 1990.
About Ovid | Academy of American Poets
WEBRead poems by this poet. On March 20, 43 BC, Publius Ovidius Naso, better known to modern readers as Ovid, was born at Sulmo, 90 miles from Rome. Ovid’s father, who was a respected member of the equestrian order, expected Ovid to become a lawyer and official and had him schooled extensively for that purpose.
Ovid | Encyclopedia.com
WEBMay 9, 2018 · Ovid (43 bc–ad 18) (Publius Ovidius Naso) Roman poet. He was a great success in Rome until, aged 50, he was exiled by Augustus. His works include Amores, short love poems; Ars Amatoria, amusing instructions on how to seduce women; and Metamorphoses, a retelling of Greek myths.
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