Ovid (Encyclopedia of the Ancient World)
Life
Ovid studied rhetoric in Rome, where his well established father wanted him to pursue politics. However, Ovid held only a few minor offices before abandoning public life for poetry. He impressed his cosmopolitan literary circle and the rest of Rome with his first publication, the witty Amores (c. 20 b.c.e.; English translation, 1597).
Next came the Ars amatoria (c. 2 b.c.e.; Art of Love, 1612), followed by the more original Heroides (before 8 c.e.; English translation, 1567) and Remedia amoris (before 8 c.e.; Cure for...
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