Ovid: Everyman's Poetry

by Ovid, David Hopkins (Editor)

Overview

Rome's greatest poet, famous for his love elegies, and his narrative poem, "Metamorphoses".

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781780223353
Publisher:	Orion Publishing Group, Limited
Publication date:	04/26/2012
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	397,296
File size:	200 KB

About the Author

Ovid (43BC - 17AD). Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso) was born at Sulmo in central Italy to an old equestrian family. After a career of minor judicial roles he started work in public service for writing, eventually becoming the leading Roman poet of his generation. He was exiled by the Emperor Augustus in AD 8.