Ovid biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of Ovid

Author Name:

Ovid

Born As:

Publius Ovidius Naso

Other Names:

Born:

43

Died:

17




author picture
Poet                          
Selected Works:

Extant works generally considered authentic - with approximate dates of publication.
Amores - "The Loves"., 5 books, published 10 BC and revised into 3 books ca. AD 1.
Metamorphoses, - "Transformations"., 15 books. Published ca. AD 8.
Medicamina Faciei Feminae - "Women's Facial Cosmetics"., also known as The Art of Beauty, 100 lines surviving. Published ca. 5 BC.
Remedia Amoris - "The Cure for Love"., 1 book. Published 5 BC.
Heroides - "The Heroines"., also known as Epistulae Heroidum - "Letters of Heroines"., 21 letters. Letters 1–5 published 5 BC; letters 16–21 were composed ca. AD 4–8.
Ars Amatoria - "The Art of Love"., 3 books. 
First two books published 2 BC, the third somewhat later.
Fasti - "The Festivals"., 6 books extant which cover the first 6 months of the year, providing unique information on the Roman calendar. 
Finished by AD 8, possibly published in AD 15.
Ibis, a single poem. Written ca. AD 9.
Tristia - "Sorrows"., 5 books. Published AD 10.
Epistulae ex Ponto - "Letters from the Black Sea"., 4 books. Published AD 10.