De vetula
13th-century Latin comedy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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De vetula ("On the Old Woman") is a long 13th-century elegiac comedy written in Latin. It is pseudepigraphically signed "Ovidius", and in its time was attributed to the classical Latin poet Ovid. It consists of three books of hexameters, and was quoted by Roger Bacon.[1] In its slight plot, the aging Ovid is duped by a go-between, and renounces love affairs.[2] Its interest to modern readers lies in the discursive padding of the story.