Ovid
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Publius Ovidius Naso, known in English as Ovid, was a Roman poet who lived during the reign of Augustus. He was a younger contemporary of Virgil and Horace, with whom he is often ranked as one of the
Bust from the 2nd century AD, supposed "for no reason" to represent Ovid, Uffizi Gallery, Florence
Statue of Ovid by Ettore Ferrari in the Piazza XX Settembre, Sulmona, Italy. Duplicate of an 1887 original found in Constanța, Romania.
Ovid Banished from Rome (1838), by J.M.W. Turner
Statue of Roman poet Ovid in Constanța. In 1925, an identical replica was made in Sulmona, Italy.
Metamorphoses
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The Metamorphoses is a Latin narrative poem from 8 CE by the Roman poet Ovid. It is considered his magnum opus. The poem chronicles the history of the world from its creation to the deification of Jul
Page from the edition of Ovid's Metamorphoses published by Lucantonio Giunti in Venice, 1497
Title page of 1556 edition published by Joannes Gryphius (decorative border added subsequently). Hayden White Rare Book Collection, University of California, Santa Cruz.
A woodcut from Virgil Solis, illustrating the apotheosis of Julius Caesar, the final event of the poem (XV.745–850)
A depiction of the story of Pygmalion, Pygmalion adoring his statue by Jean Raoux (1717)