Born March 20, 43 B.C. in Sulmo, about 90 miles southeast of Rome Publius Ovidius Naso Born March 20, 43 B.C. in Sulmo, about 90 miles southeast of Rome Banished from Rome c. 8 or 9 B.C. for “carmen et error”. Was the carmen the Ars Amatoria? ... banned by Augustus from Rome’s three public libraries Died A.D. 17 in Tomi, on the Black Sea

Tomi

Statue of Ovid in Ovidius Square Constanţa, Romania

Metamorphoses His most famous work, a major source for our knowledge of Greek and Roman mythology. He called this his “carmen perpetuum”. It contains about 250 tales of transformation, beginning with the creation of the world out of Chaos, ending with the transformation of Julius Caesar into a god and a comet.

Ovid’s other works Amores – love elegies based on his love affair with Corinna. Heriodes – elegiac letters from famous heroines to their lovers or husbands. Medicamina Faciei Femineae – a poem about women’s cosmetics.

Ars Amatoria – a sometimes risqué manual on the art of seduction. Remedia Amoris – advice on how to get out of a love affair. From his exile in Tomi: Tristia & Epistulae ex Ponto – sad poems, written in a far-away land, from which he never returned.