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Ovid

OvidAKA Publius Ovidius Naso

Born: 20-Mar-43 BC
Birthplace: Sulmona, Italy
Died: 17 AD
Location of death: Constanta, Romania
Cause of death: unspecified

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Poet

Nationality: Ancient Rome
Executive summary: Metamorphoses

Wife: (married three times)
Daughter: (1 daughter)

    Exiled by Emperor Augustus, to Tomis (in AD 8)
    Spanish Inquisition Index of Prohibited Books

Is the subject of books:
Ovid: A Poet Between Two Worlds, 1945, BY: Hermann Fränkel
Ovid Recalled, 1955, BY: L. P. Wilkinson

Author of books:
Tristia (poetry, autobiographical)
Amores
Epistolae Heroidum
Medicamina Faciei ("The Art of Beauty")
Ars Amatoria ("The Art of Love")
Remedia Amoris ("Remedies of Love")
Metamorphoses
Epistulae ex Ponto
Fasti






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