Publius Ovidius NasoPublius Ovidius Naso (43 BCE-17/18 CE), known in English as Ovid, was a Roman poet of the Augustan age. Born in Sulmo and educated in Rome, Ovid achieved early literary success with works such as Amores and Ars Amatoria. His later epic, The Metamorphses, became his most enduring achievement. In 8 CE he was exiled by the emperor Augustus to Tomis on the Black Sea, where he spent the remainder of his life. Ovid's poetry, marked by narrative brilliance and stylistic elegance, has shaped the transmission of classical myth for nearly two millennia. Read More Read Less