(43 BC–c.17 AD), Roman poet; full name Publius Ovidius Naso. He is particularly known for his elegiac love poems (such as the Amores and the Ars Amatoria) and for the Metamorphoses, a hexametric epic which retells Greek and Roman myths.
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Ovid
proper nounˈävidˈɑvɪd
(43 BC–c.AD 17), Roman poet; full name Publius Ovidius Naso. He is noted for his elegiac love poems (such as the Amores and the Ars Amatoria) and for the Metamorphoses, a hexametric series of tales of mythological, legendary, and historical figures.