Ovid Weaver of Poetic Tales

Publius Ovidius Naso: Early Life 43 B.C.-A.D. 17 Leading poet of the GOLDEN AGE of Roman literature Born at Sulmo Father was a knight One of two boys Brother died at 20

Golden Age of Roman Literature (70 BC-AD 18) Ciceronian Period Augustan Period 70-43 BC Dominated by Marcus Tullius Cicero 43 BC – AD 18 Vergil, Horace, Ovid, and Livy

Life Decisions Father wanted Ovid to practice law Ovid felt that he should follow his passion and write poetry Ovid joined the best literary and social circles Wrote the Metamorphoses Life Decisions

The Metamorphoses Translation: Transformations Lengthy source book of mythology Written in dactylic hexameter 13/15 books: Greek Mythology Other 2: Roman Mythology Over 200 stories of transformations of people into living beings or inanimate objects Time period covered the beginning of universe to the deification of Caesar

Ovid’s Works Elegy Mythology Lamentation

Exile The Emperor Augustus sent Ovid into exile in A.D. 8 Ovid doesn’t reveal the reason for banishment Hoped that he would be called back to Rome Lived at Tomi until he died in A.D. 17/18

Authors Influenced by Ovid William Shakespeare Edmund Spenser Christopher Marlowe

Titian Italian painter Painted “Ariadne on Naxos” from Ovid’s work Ars Amatoria