Latin Poetry - Ovid

Metamorphoses (14)

Ovid

Ovid was a prolific Roman poet whose writing influenced Chaucer, Shakespeare, Dante, and Milton.

History of Roman Literature (1877)

"Incorrigibly immoral but inexpressibly graceful poet was born at Sulmo in ... 43 B.C. of wealthy parents.... Of equestrian rank, with good introductions and brilliant talents, he was expected to devote himself to the duties of public life. At first he studied for the bar; but so slight was his ambition and so unfitted was his genius."

Woman's Guide to the Art of Love

From your Guide. Ovid's strangely unsatisfying advice to women on how to woo men.

The Augustan Age

From your Guide. The age in which Ovid wrote was favorable to poets who wanted patronage.

Adonis and Aphrodite

The love story of Adonis and Aphrodite, as told by Ovid in the Metamorphoses.