The notion expanded to denote a personal spirit and protector by the time Horace and Ovid wrote in the first century BC.
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It was essentially two Roman poets, Ovid and Virgil, who gave us this tragic and terrible story.
Ann Wroe’s ‘Orpheus’: Why the Mythological Muse Haunts Us|Ann Wroe|May 31, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Poets, from Virgil and Ovid to Mallarme and Rilke, have written his story.
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In his case it was Ovid, Colorado, with a population that hovers around 300.
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Roman poets such as Catullus and Ovid celebrated the kiss and members of the populace were avid mouth-to-mouth practitioners.
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Had he been an Italian bird, Ovid would have had a plaintive tale to tell about him.
My Garden Acquaintance|James Russell Lowell
Does she really think me such a wretch as to cause Ovid, under any provocation, a moment's anxiety while he is away?
Heart and Science|Wilkie Collins
Never before have I felt that Ovid was a trifle—er—inadequate.
Wanted: A Cook|Alan Dale
Ovid, either adapted or in his natural state, was a great favourite.
Old English Libraries|Ernest Savage
Ovid had hardly time to ask himself if Friday had really come, before the hours of his life at home were already numbered.
Heart and Science|Wilkie Collins
British Dictionary definitions for Ovid
Ovid
/ (ˈɒvɪd) /
noun
Latin name Publius Ovidius Naso. 43 bc –?17 ad, Roman poet. His verse includes poems on love, Ars Amatoria, on myths, Metamorphoses, and on his sufferings in exile, Tristia