Pūblius Ovidius Nāsō commonly referred to as Ovid was a Roman poet. He lived at the same time as other well-known Roman poets Virgil and Horace. He is best known for his work Metamorphoses, an 8 AD 15-book continuous Latin mythological narrative. It is one of the earliest transformation literature and the name translates "Books of Transformations" in English.
Ovid was born in the Paelignian, near Apennine valley east of Rome. Aurelius Fuscus and Porcius Latro were his childhood teachers and taught him rhetoric. He traveled to Athens, Asia Minor, and Sicily during his youth. He was one of the decemviri litibus iudicandis personnel but left his job to be a poet.
Ovid started his writings during the first Roman emperor Augustus. The Amores was the first complete literary work of Ovid. Epistulae ex Ponto, ("Letters from the Black Sea"), Tristia ("Sorrows"), Remedia Amoris ("The Cure for Love") are some other notable works of him. Following his skyrocketing popularity, the emperor exiled him to a remote province on the Black Sea. Ovid left this world at Tomis in 17 or 18 AD.
Ovid has a great influence on western culture and literature. He is considered one of the three canonical poets of Latin literature. Many successful writers adopted his styles and translated his works into many languages. These works are popularly known as Ovidian works. These are some of the most influential and magical quotes of Ovid.
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