Ovid

Ovid, also known as Publius Ovidius Naso, was a Roman poet. He was best known for his erotic poems such as Heroides, Amores, and Ars Amatoria. His most important work is “Metamorphoses”, a mythological hexameter poem. His other important works included the “Fasti”, the “Tristia” and “Epistulae ex Ponto”. While “Fasti” was based on Roman calendar, the “Tristia” and “Epistulae ex Ponto” were particularly emotive and personal exile poetry. He also wrote smaller pieces like the “Remedia Amoris” and “Medicamina Faciei Femineae”. Ovid is considered as a master of the elegiac couplet and is ranked among the canonic poets of Latin literature, alongside Virgil and Horace. His poetry influenced European art and literature and remains as one of the most important sources of classical mythology.