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Publius Ovidius Naso (20 March 43 BC--AD 17/18), known as Ovid. Born of an equestrian family in Sulmo, Ovid was educated in rhetoric in Rome but gave it up for poetry. He counted Horace and Propertius among his friends and wrote an elegy on the death of Tibullus. He became the leading poet of Rome show more but was banished in 8 A.D. by an edict of Augustus to remote Tomis on the Black Sea because of a poem and an indiscretion. Miserable in provincial exile, he died there ten years later. His brilliant, witty, fertile elegiac poems include Amores (Loves), Heroides (Heroines), and Ars Amatoris (The Art of Love), but he is perhaps best known for the Metamorphoses, a marvelously imaginative compendium of Greek mythology where every story alludes to a change in shape. Ovid was admired and imitated throughout the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Chaucer, Spenser, Shakespeare, and Jonson knew his works well. His mastery of form, gift for narration, and amusing urbanity are irresistible. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

Series

Works by Ovid

Metamorphoses [in translation] (0008) 13,778 copies, 102 reviews
Ars amatoria [in translation] (0001) 1,706 copies, 33 reviews
Heroides [in translation] (1972) — Author — 582 copies, 5 reviews
Fasti [in translation] (0008) — Author — 464 copies, 1 review
Metamorphoses : Books 1-8 [bilingual Latin English] (1916) — Author — 344 copies, 1 review
Amores [in translation] (0016) 248 copies, 6 reviews
Metamorphoses : Book 6-15 [bilingual Latin English] (0004) — Author — 248 copies, 1 review
Amores + Heroides [bilingual Latin English] (1921) 238 copies, 1 review
Tristia [in translation] (1982) 161 copies, 1 review
Metamorphoses : Books 1-5 [in translation] (1990) 157 copies, 1 review
Metamorphoses 6-10 (1972) 134 copies
Fasti [bilingual Latin English] (1931) 130 copies, 1 review
Orpheus in the Underworld (0008) 111 copies
Amores + Ars amatoria [in translation] (1985) 105 copies, 3 reviews
Ars Amatoria, Book 1 (1977) 94 copies, 1 review
Metamorphoses [Norton Critical Editions] (2009) 78 copies, 3 reviews
Selections from Ovid (1974) 77 copies, 2 reviews
The Serpent's Teeth (2006) 75 copies, 1 review
Ovid: Selected Poems (1971) 69 copies, 1 review
Tristia + Epistulae ex ponto [in translation] (2008) — Author — 65 copies, 1 review
Complete works (1992) 45 copies, 1 review
Ovid: Heroides XVI-XXI (1996) 38 copies
Ovid : Metamorphoses : Book 8 (1970) — Writer — 38 copies
Metamorphoses [in Latin] (2004) — Author — 37 copies
Ovid: Fasti Book IV (1998) 35 copies, 1 review
Ovid : Metamorphoses : Book I (1988) — Writer; Writer — 31 copies
Epistulae ex Ponto [in translation] (1991) 27 copies, 1 review
Selected works (2006) 27 copies, 1 review
Metamorphoseon: Bk. 1 (Pitt Press Series Latin) (1953) — Writer — 20 copies
Metamorphoses : Books 1-7 (0008) 19 copies
Shakespeare's Ovid (1961) — Author — 18 copies
Tusculum : Ovid : Metamorphosen (1999) — Writer — 16 copies
Ovid : Amores : Book II (1975) — Writer — 16 copies
Ovid : Metamorphoses XI (1972) 16 copies
An Ovid Reader (1969) 15 copies
Metamorphoses : Books 1-4 (1985) 15 copies
Ovid Fasti II (1985) 12 copies
Ovid: Fasti Book III (2019) 12 copies
A Commentary on Ovid, Tristia, Book 2 (2010) — Author — 10 copies
Ovid : Amores : Book 1 (1973) — Writer — 10 copies
Ovid's Amores : Book one : A commentary (2011) — Writer — 10 copies
Ars Amatoria: Selections (1971) 9 copies
Ovid : Amores III : a selection: 2, 4, 5, 14 (2011) — Writer — 9 copies
O Livro dos Dragões (2010) 8 copies, 1 review
Lettres d'amour (1999) 8 copies
25 métamorphoses d'Ovide (2014) 8 copies
Metamorphosen (1996) 7 copies
Fasti [in Latin] (2018) 7 copies
Metamorphoseon: Interpretatione et Notes (2010) 6 copies, 1 review
Ibis (1996) 6 copies
Erotische Dichtungen (2001) — Author — 6 copies
Metamorphoses [bilingual Latin English] (1960) — Author — 6 copies
Ovid's epistles 6 copies
Le metamorfosi (1994) 5 copies
Fasti (0008) 5 copies
Ovid 5 copies
I cosmetici (1994) 5 copies
LES METAMORFOSIS I VI (1994) 4 copies
Metamorfosis VI-X (2019) 4 copies
21 ELEGIE D`AMORE (1997) 4 copies
Cartas de las heroínas (2018) 4 copies
Heldinnenbrieven (2019) 4 copies
Textos mitológicos (2016) 4 copies
Metamorfosi: vol. 6. (Libri 13.-15.) (2005) 4 copies, 1 review
Metamorfosi. Vol. II (1995) 4 copies
O lásce a milování (1990) 3 copies
Promìny : výbor (2001) 3 copies
Karadeniz'den Mektuplar (2015) 3 copies
Metamorphoses: Selections (1968) 3 copies
Ibis: Een verwensing (2020) 3 copies
Ars Amatoria 3 copies
El arte de amar. fastos (2000) 3 copies
Le metamorfosi (1994) 3 copies
v.1: Le metamorfosi (1991) 3 copies
Dönüsümler (1994) 3 copies
Ausgewählte Dichtungen (1971) 3 copies
The Silver Book of Hope (1999) 3 copies
Tristes VOL-I-II (1966) 2 copies, 1 review
Ovid : Auswahl aus seinen Werken (1997) — Writer — 2 copies
Ovids Metamorphosen (1990) 2 copies
Przemiany 2 copies
Le metamorfosi 2 copies
Contre Ibis 2 copies
Ovid für Liebende (2011) 2 copies
Las tristes (2004) 2 copies
The Last Poems of Ovid (2010) 2 copies
Los amores (2004) 2 copies
Metamorfosis (2016) 2 copies
Heroides 2 copies
L'amore 2 copies
25 Métamorphoses d'Ovide (2009) 2 copies
L'exil et le salut (1999) 2 copies
Amores. Arte De Amar (2008) 2 copies
Versi e precetti d'amore (1998) 2 copies
Umění milovat (2002) 2 copies
Les élégies 2 copies
Ibis + Ex Ponto + Tristia — Author — 2 copies
Métamorphoses, livre X (1999) 2 copies
Gli amori (1997) 2 copies
El arte de amar 2 copies
Carmina Latīna 2 copies
The Art of Love 2 copies
Listy heroin (1997) 2 copies
Žalozpěvy 2 copies
Die Kunst der Liebe (2011) 2 copies
Metamorfosis XI-XV (2020) 2 copies
Metamorphoses 2 copies
Kalendergedichten (2022) 2 copies
Metamorfózy I-VIII (2012) 2 copies
Metamorfózy IX-XV (2012) 2 copies
Ovid für Verliebte (1999) 2 copies
Ovide moralisé (2018) 1 copy
Héroïdes 1 copy
Arte de amar (2001) 1 copy
Amorum Libri Tres (1977) 1 copy
The Amores 1 copy
Ovid in Latin & English 1 copy, 1 review
Ummyndanir (2009) 1 copy
Ifasti 1 copy
Przemiany 1 copy
Tristium 1 copy
Metamorfosi 1 copy
FASTOS II (1991) 1 copy
Le Metamorfosi e I Fasti - — Author — 1 copy
PÒNTIQUES I (1984) 1 copy
PÒNTIQUES II (1985) 1 copy
Ovid Fasti: Book 5 (1996) 1 copy
FASTOS I (1991) 1 copy
Nowele Rzymskie — Contributor — 1 copy
Amores 1 copy
Opere vol. I 1 copy
L'arte amatoria (1995) 1 copy
Pónticas (2022) 1 copy
Las Heroidas 1 copy
Choice of Ovid, A (1984) 1 copy
Ibis 1 copy
Les Amours par Ovide (1968) 1 copy
De l'amour (2016) 1 copy
Metamorphosen (2023) 1 copy
Auswahl 1 copy
Ovid Nux 1 copy
Los Tristes 1 copy
Ovid : Metamorphoses : Book I — Writer — 1 copy
Carmina 1 copy
Ibis (Latin Edition) (2010) 1 copy
Proměny 1 copy
Metamorp 1 copy
Pygmalion 1 copy
Wandlungen 1 copy
Metamorphoses : Books 1-9 [in translation] (1968) — Author — 1 copy
Lásky 1 copy
4: ‰Fasti e frammenti (1999) 1 copy
An elegy 1 copy
Umenie milovať (1996) 1 copy
Ovid (1999) 1 copy
Proměny 1 copy
L'art d'aimer (1976) 1 copy
The Love Books of Ovid (1930) 1 copy
Przemiany 1 copy
Aşk Sanatı 1 copy
Fastos - VOL I-II (1991) 1 copy, 1 review
Art amatòria 1 copy, 1 review
Amors 1 copy, 1 review
Amors 1 copy
Tristes 1 copy
Tristezas 1 copy
021. Metamorfoses (2007) 1 copy
Arte de amar 1 copy
Heroides I-X 1 copy
Ovid, Volume 2 (1915) 1 copy
Metamorfosis XI-XV (2020) 1 copy
Pòntiques - VOL I-II (1984) 1 copy, 1 review
Obras completas (2005) 1 copy
Arte de amar 1 copy
Filemone e Bauci (2022) 1 copy

Associated Works

Tales from Ovid (1997) 1,144 copies, 9 reviews
The Canterbury Tales [Norton Critical Edition, 2nd ed.] (2005) — Contributor — 650 copies, 5 reviews
World Poetry: An Anthology of Verse from Antiquity to Our Time (1998) — Contributor — 469 copies, 1 review
The Complete Poems and Translations (1971) — Contributor, some editions — 280 copies, 4 reviews
The Penguin Book of Homosexual Verse (1983) — Contributor — 243 copies, 3 reviews
The Columbia Anthology of Gay Literature (1998) — Contributor — 163 copies
A Lycanthropy Reader: Werewolves in Western Culture (1986) — Contributor — 163 copies, 2 reviews
The Penguin Book of Dragons (2021) — Contributor — 134 copies
The Utopia Reader (1999) — Contributor — 117 copies, 1 review
Roman Readings (1958) — Author — 68 copies
The Smiles of Rome: A Literary Companion for Readers and Travelers (2005) — Contributor — 62 copies, 2 reviews
The Sorcerer's Apprentice: An Anthology of Magical Tales (2017) — Contributor — 39 copies
Virgil and Other Latin Poets (1958) — Contributor — 37 copies
Springs of Roman Wisdom (1975) — Contributor — 30 copies
Komt een Griek bij de dokter humor in de oudheid (2007) — Contributor — 25 copies
The Conjure Stories [Norton Critical Edition] (2011) — Contributor — 21 copies
The Ribald Reader: 2000 Years of Lusty Love and Laughter (1906) — Contributor — 19 copies, 2 reviews
Loss: An Anthology (1997) — Contributor — 18 copies
Men and Women: The Poetry of Love (1970) — Contributor — 8 copies
The Orphic Mysteries: Digest (Rosicrucian Order AMORC Kindle Edition) (2015) — Contributor — 7 copies, 1 review
Sappho: A New Rendering (1920) 7 copies
To Shiver the Sky (2020) — Composer — 5 copies
Métamorphoses [2014 film] — Original poems — 2 copies
The Omnibus of Pleasure: The Pleasure Primer (1943) — Contributor — 2 copies

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Common Knowledge

Legal name
Ovidius Naso, Publius
Other names
Ovid
Birthdate
0043-03-20 BCE
Date of death
0017 CE
Gender
male
Nationality
Roman Empire
Country (for map)
Italy
Places of residence
Sulmo, Italy
Tomis, Romania (Constanta)
Rome, Italy
Occupations
poet

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Reviews

A casual compilation of ALL THE STORIES of transformation from Greek and Roman mythology (and tons of off-topic tales as well-- like an unexpected rant about why people should be vegetarians?). Please Ovid, save some myths for everyone else!
 
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alicatrasi | 101 other reviews | Nov 28, 2024 |
Rereading after decades.
Phew, mostly rape, murder, and incest. In ten-beat, unrhymed lines.
Then at the end he throws in Mr. Vegetarian, Pythagoras, and the deification of Julius Caesar. The metamorphoses in these are a bit of a stretch. Pythagoras saying that all things change into other things, and a man becoming a god to justify the deification of his son. Augustus is such a swell guy, his dad must be a god! Make it so, Mr. Crusher.
The remarkable things, one of which I noticed as a 14 year old, was the trans story. And it turns out there are two. Both trans-men, of course. And the dual-gender of Hermaphroditus. Neither of these very trans- or bi-friendly, but notable all the same.
The Story of Salmacis (dual gender, but the fountain waters thenceforth to weaken males)
The Story of Iphis and Ianthe (daughter passed off as a son set to marry another woman transformed on their wedding day)
The Story of Caeneus (woman tired of rape asking her rapist to no longer be a woman so to never suffer that again - rapist, as usual, was a god who could arrange this - and the trans-man then becomes a great warrior)
People turning into plants, animals, and stone eventually gets tiresome. But it's in the title.
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marfita | 101 other reviews | Feb 26, 2024 |
Edición y traducción de Vicente López Soto
 
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jose.calero.gt | 101 other reviews | Jan 12, 2024 |
Oh my. Unbearable in Russian. Mostly due to its meter and language, probably imitating the original. With all due respect I thought what's the worth of trudging on? I'm not a PhD student in Ancient Literature after all and the plot is not gripping, unlike many other primary sources.
 
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Den85 | 101 other reviews | Jan 3, 2024 |

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