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Ovid

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Ovid (43 bc–ad 18) ( Publius Ovidius Naso) Roman poet. He was a great success in Rome until, aged 50, he was exiled by Augustus. His works include Amores, short love poems; Ars Amatoria, amusing instructions on how to seduce women; and Metamorphoses, a retelling of Greek myths.

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