Ovid
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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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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.
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