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Ovid's Metamorphoses is a classic work of Latin literature, a source of inspiration for poets, humanists, and artists throughout history. This extensive epic poem presents a rich collection of myths and legends, ranging from the creation of the world to the death of Julius Caesar. With an elegant narrative style and a profound exploration of human passions, Ovid transports us to a world of transformations and prodigies.
Publius Ovidius Naso, known in English as Ovid, was a Roman poet who lived during the reign of Augustus. He was a younger contemporary of Virgil and Horace, with whom he is often ranked as one of the three canonical poets of Latin literature. The Imperial scholar Quintilian considered him the last of the Latin love elegists. Although Ovid enjoyed enormous popularity during his lifetime, the emperor Augustus exiled him to Tomis, the capital of the newly organised province of Moesia, on the Black Sea, where he remained for the last nine or ten years of his life. Ovid himself attributed his banishment to a carmen et error, but his reluctance to disclose specifics has resulted in much speculation among scholars.
