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birth (43 BCE)
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Publius Ovidius Naso was born on March 20, 43 B.C.E., in Sulmo, a region about 90 miles from Rome
Sulmo was a small town, and was isolated by the surrounding terrain and its economic insignificance. As a result, it largely escaped the turmoil in Italy during the 30s B.C.E. |
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education
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his father sent him and his older brother to Rome in about 30 B.C.E. to acquire formal training to launch their careers as politicians and lawyers
His older brother quickly embraced public life, but Ovid preferred the pursuit of poetry, despite the wishes of his father. |
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tries at politics
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After completing his education in Greece and Asia, Ovid held a few minor political offices in the mid 20s, but eventually decided that he lacked the physical strength to be a politician.
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the Medea
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Ovid's first well-known work
as much praised by ancient critics he continued his pursuit of poetry and consorted with poets such as Propertius, Vergil, Horace, and Tibullus |
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marriage
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His father arranged a marriage for Ovid while he was still young
this, like his second marriage, ended in divorce He achieved much more satisfaction (as well as some important contacts) from his third marriage to a widow from a noble family |
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Amores
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ollowing in the footsteps of Propertius, was published as five books of love poetry, and was later revised and reorganized into three books, all of which are extant.
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Epistulae
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ove letters in elegiac meter written by mythological heroines who try to regain the attention of the men who have abandoned them
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Ars Amatoria, "Art of Love,"
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two-book work of advice for men on love. Later, a third book was added for women
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Fasti
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a calendar of important days in Rome, was intended to have twelve books, one for each month, but has come down to us in half-finished form in six books.
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Metamorphoses
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Ovid's most famous work
Composed in hexameter collection of Greek and Roman myths about transformations was nearly finished writing it when, in 9 C.E., he was banished by the Emperor Augustus for unknown reasons (prolly too much of a smart aleck) In despair, Ovid threw his original manuscript of the Metamorphoses into flames, but the work was later rewritten from other copies. |
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banishment
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In the winter of 10-11 C.E., Ovid reached his place of banishment.
He was unable to finish his Fasti in exile, but he wrote his Tristia, poems of lamentation. He also wrote his Epistulae ex Ponto, "Letters from the Sea", while in exile. Ovid also wrote the Ibis, an angry poem cursing his enemies and false friends, and is said to have written some prose, but that is lost. |
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death
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Ovid likely died in 17 or 18 C.E., although no contemporary writer mentions Ovid's death or even his exile.
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