How Ancient Greece Shaped Ovid, Rome's Master Poet

How Ancient Greece Shaped Ovid, Rome’s Master Poet

Statue of the Roman poet Ovid standing solemnly in a square in Constanța, Romania, where he lived out his exile, dressed in classical attire with a contemplative expression.

If we took ancient Greece out of the equation, the Ovid we celebrate and admire today wouldn’t exist. Yes, Publius Ovidius Naso was a true and proud Roman, born in Sulmona, Italy and having lived under Emperor Augustus, but the very heat of his poetry, the dazzling stories that have hooked readers for two thousand … Continue reading How Ancient Greece Shaped Ovid, Rome’s Master Poet