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'''Publius Ovidius Naso''' ([[March 20]], [[43 BC]] – AD [[17]]), a [[Roman Empire|Roman]] poet known to the [[English language|English]]-speaking world as '''Ovid''', wrote on topics of [[love]], [[abandoned women]] and [[mythological]] [[transformation]]s. He is best known for the erotic ''[[Ars Amatoria]]'' and ''[[Metamorphoses (poem)|Metamorphoses]]''. '''Publius Ovidius Naso''' ([[March 20]], [[43 BC]] – AD [[17]]), a [[Roman Empire|Roman]] poet known to the [[English language|English]]-speaking world as '''Ovid''', wrote on topics of [[love]], [[abandoned women]] and [[mythological]] [[transformation]]s. He is best known for the erotic ''[[Ars Amatoria]]'' and ''[[Metamorphoses (poem)|Metamorphoses]]''.
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 +'''Publius Ovidius Naso''' (20 March 43 BC – AD 17 or 18), known as '''Ovid''' in the [[English language|English]]-speaking world, was a [[Roman Empire|Roman]] poet who wrote about love, seduction, and [[Roman mythology|mythological]] transformation. He is considered a master of the [[elegiac couplet]], and is traditionally ranked alongside [[Virgil]] and [[Horace]] as one of the three [[Western Canon|canonic]] poets of [[Latin literature]]. His poetry, much imitated during [[Late Antiquity]] and the [[Middle Ages]], decisively influenced [[Europe]]an [[art]] and [[literature]].
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 +The [[Elegiac couplet]] is the meter of most of Ovid's poems: the ''[[Amores]]'' — ''[[Ars Amatoria]]'', ''[[Remedia Amoris]]'' — are [[didactic]] long poems; the ''[[Fasti (poem)|Fasti]]'', about the Roman calendar; the ''[[Medicamina Faciei Femineae]]'', about [[cosmetics]]; fictional letters from mythologic heroines, the ''[[Heroides]]'' or ''[[Epistulae Heroidum]]''; and all of the works written in exile (five ''[[Tristia]]'' books, four ''[[Epistulae ex Ponto]]'' books, and "Ibis", a long curse-poem). The two extant fragments of the tragedy ''[[Medea]]'' are in [[iambic trimeter]] and [[anapest]], respectively; the ''[[Metamorphoses]]'' is in [[dactylic hexameter]]; the meter of the ''[[Aeneid]]'', by [[Virgil]] and of the [[Odyssey]] and the [[Iliad]], by [[Homer]].
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Ranked alongside [[Virgil]] and [[Horace]] as one of the three [[canon]]ical poets of [[Latin literature]]. His poetry, much imitated during [[Late Antiquity]] and the [[Middle Ages]], had a decisive influence on [[European art]] and [[European literature|literature]] for centuries. Ranked alongside [[Virgil]] and [[Horace]] as one of the three [[canon]]ical poets of [[Latin literature]]. His poetry, much imitated during [[Late Antiquity]] and the [[Middle Ages]], had a decisive influence on [[European art]] and [[European literature|literature]] for centuries.

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Publius Ovidius Naso (March 20, 43 BC – AD 17), a Roman poet known to the English-speaking world as Ovid, wrote on topics of love, abandoned women and mythological transformations. He is best known for the erotic Ars Amatoria and Metamorphoses.

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Publius Ovidius Naso (20 March 43 BC – AD 17 or 18), known as Ovid in the English-speaking world, was a Roman poet who wrote about love, seduction, and mythological transformation. He is considered a master of the elegiac couplet, and is traditionally ranked alongside Virgil and Horace as one of the three canonic poets of Latin literature. His poetry, much imitated during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, decisively influenced European art and literature.

The Elegiac couplet is the meter of most of Ovid's poems: the Amores — Ars Amatoria, Remedia Amoris — are didactic long poems; the Fasti, about the Roman calendar; the Medicamina Faciei Femineae, about cosmetics; fictional letters from mythologic heroines, the Heroides or Epistulae Heroidum; and all of the works written in exile (five Tristia books, four Epistulae ex Ponto books, and "Ibis", a long curse-poem). The two extant fragments of the tragedy Medea are in iambic trimeter and anapest, respectively; the Metamorphoses is in dactylic hexameter; the meter of the Aeneid, by Virgil and of the Odyssey and the Iliad, by Homer.

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Ranked alongside Virgil and Horace as one of the three canonical poets of Latin literature. His poetry, much imitated during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, had a decisive influence on European art and literature for centuries.

Works and artists whom Ovid inspired

Dante twice mentions him in:

Retellings, adaptations, and translations of Ovidian works


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