Ovid
At a glance:
- Series: Great Lives from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory-476
- Categories: Literature, Publishing, Mythology, Folklore
- Subcategories: Authors, Writers, Poetry, Poets, Empires, Dynasties, Legends, Myths, Roman Empire, Ancient Rome
- Curriculum: Western Civilization/European History, Ancient History
Article abstract: Roman poet{$I[g]Roman Empire;Ovid} While his contemporaries Vergil and Horace were glorifying the Roman Empire or harking back to sober republican virtues, Ovid wittily celebrated the senses. He also preserved for later generations many of the classical myths, although he treated the gods with the same irreverence as he did his fellow mortals.
Early Life
Publius Ovidius Naso, or Ovid (AWV-ihd), was born in 43 b.c.e. in what is now central Italy. As his family was a locally prominent one, he enjoyed the advantages of an education and...
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