The central theme of the poem is change, transformation, and the power of imagination and storytelling. Ovid explores the idea that everything is in …
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Ovid: Rome's Great Poet of Love and Myth
Ovid, one of Rome's greatest poets, was consistently inspired by Greek mythology — and the opposite sex.
Poetry was one of the most elevated and popular genres in Roman literature. Its topics ranged from the epic stories of Virgil to the salacious …
The love poets of the Augustan era produced some of the most well-known works of Classical literature. Inspired by their Greek predecessors, the …
Greek mythology played a central role in the literary cultures of both ancient Greece and Rome. While it was accepted as fictitious, many mythical …
