![]() ![]() His works, all published in Penguin Classics, include Amores, a collection of short love poems Heroides, verse-letters written by mythological heroines to their lovers Ars Amatoria, a satirical handbook on love and Metamorphoses, his epic work that has inspired countless writers and artists through the ages. Coming from a wealthy Roman family and seemingly destined for a career in politics, he held minor official posts before leaving public service to write, becoming the most distinguished poet of his time. ![]() Ovid (43BC-18AD) was born at Sulmo (Sulmona) in central Italy. While in exile he wrote Tristia, Ibis and the Epistulae ex Ponto which consists of letters appealing for help in his efforts to be recalled to Rome. In 8 AD Ovid fell out of favour with the Emperor Augustus due to a ' carmen et error' ('a poem and a mistake') and was banished to what is now Romania. ![]() These were followed by his two epic poems the Fasti and the Metamorphoses. The Ars Amatoria ( The Art of Love) and the Remedia Amoris ( The Cure for Love) were probably written between 2 BC and 2 AD. His earliest surviving work is the collection of love poems called the Amores, which was followed by the Heroides. He was educated in Rome and worked as a public official before taking up poetry full-time. Ovid and the discourses of love: the amatory works erotic encounter.3Then he did it all again with theArs amatoria, a didactic poem in elegiacs which teaches the reader how to be a good lover: how to catch a woman, how to keep her, and (addressed to women) how to catch and keep a man. Publius Ovidius Naso was born in Italy on 20 March 43 BC. ![]()
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