Metamorphoses

Publius Ovidius Naso, commonly known as Ovid, was a classical Roman poet who thrived during the reign of Augustus and the early years of Tiberius's reign. Born on March 20, 43 B.C.E. in Sulmo, now Sulmona, he was best known for his captivating work 'Metamorphoses' (circa 8 C.E.), a powerful collection of mythological and legendary transformations rendered in hexameter verse. This literary masterpi...