Ovid
| Ovid | |
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| Born | Publius Ovidius Naso 20 Mairch 43 BC Sulmo, Italia, Roman Republic |
| Dee'd | AD 17 or 18 (age 58–60) Tomis, Scythia Minor, Roman Empire |
| Thrift | Poet |
| Genre | 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 conteenous meethological narrative screivit in the meter o epic, an for collections o luve poetry in elegiac couplets, especially the Amores ("Love Affairs") an Ars Amatoria ("Airt o Love"). His poetry wis much imitatit durand 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]
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ 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
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