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'''Publius Ovidius Naso''' (43 BC - AD 17) was a [[Rome|Roman]] [[poetry|poet]], best known today as the author of the ''[[Metamorphoses]]'', a large collection of classical and near eastern [[mythology|myths]] and [[legend]]s.
Born at Sulmo, to the east of Rome, into an upper class family, he was sent to Rome to be educated in preparation for an official's life. But his real interest was in poetry and, after a few years in several minor judicial posts, he abandoned that life for poetry.
Success came early for Ovid with a number of [[book]]s on the subject of [[love]] (of which the ''[[Ars Amatoria]]'' is the most famous today) and by early in what we today call the [[Christianity|Christian]] era, he was considered Rome's leading poet. In the year AD 8, soon after composing his most famous work, the ''Metamorphoses'', Ovid was exiled by [[Augustus]] to Tomis (or Tomi, now Costanza), a town on the [[Black Sea]] on the extreme edge of the [[Roman Empire|Empire]]. In spite of numerous pleas to be allowed to return, he would spend the rest of his life there.

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Publius Ovidius Naso (43 BC - AD 17) was a Roman poet, best known today as the author of the Metamorphoses, a large collection of classical and near eastern myths and legends.

Born at Sulmo, to the east of Rome, into an upper class family, he was sent to Rome to be educated in preparation for an official's life. But his real interest was in poetry and, after a few years in several minor judicial posts, he abandoned that life for poetry.

Success came early for Ovid with a number of books on the subject of love (of which the Ars Amatoria is the most famous today) and by early in what we today call the Christian era, he was considered Rome's leading poet. In the year AD 8, soon after composing his most famous work, the Metamorphoses, Ovid was exiled by Augustus to Tomis (or Tomi, now Costanza), a town on the Black Sea on the extreme edge of the Empire. In spite of numerous pleas to be allowed to return, he would spend the rest of his life there.