Ovid was a Roman poet known for his poems and writings on love, seduction, and mythology. His real name is Publius Ovidius Naso, but he is called Ovid to the english-speaking world. He specializes in the elegaic couplet, and is ranked high in the realm of latin literature, along with Vigil and Horace.
Ovid was born east of Rome to a wealthy equestrian family. His father wanted him to study rhetoric to be a lawyer, yet Ovid was a more emotional person than that. He was into rhetoric, but not the arguementive parts; he was into emotion. Ovid renounced law and began to travel to
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment