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Publius Ovidius Naso (20 Mairch 43 BC – AD 17/18), kent as Ovid in the Inglis-speakin warld, wis a Roman poet best kent for the Metamorphoses, a 15-beuk conteenous meethological narrative screivit in the meter o epic, an for collections o luve poetry in elegiac couplets, especially the Amores ("Love Affairs") an Ars Amatoria ("Airt o Love"). His poetry wis much imitatit durand Late Antiquity an the Middle Ages, an greatly influenced Wastren airt an leeteratur. The Metamorphoses remains ane o the maist important soorces o classical meethology.[1]
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Born | Publius Ovidius Naso 20 Mairch 43 BC Sulmo, Italia, Roman Republic |
Dee'd | AD 17 or 18 (age 58–60) Tomis, Scythia Minor, Roman Empire |
Thrift | Poet |
Genre | Elegy, epic, drama |
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