{"product_id":"metamorphoses-volume-i-by-ovid-9780674990463","title":"Metamorphoses, Volume I","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOvid (Publius Ovidius Naso, 43 BCE–17 CE), born at Sulmo, studied rhetoric and law at Rome. Later, he engaged in considerable public service there and otherwise devoted himself to poetry and society. Famous at first, he offended the emperor Augustus with his \u003ci\u003eArs Amatoria\u003c\/i\u003e and was banished because of this work and some other unknown reason. He dwelt in the cold and primitive town of Tomis on the Black Sea, where he continued writing poetry. Ovid was a kindly man, leading a temperate life, and he died in exile.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOvid's main surviving works include the \u003ci\u003eMetamorphoses\u003c\/i\u003e, which has been a source of inspiration for artists and poets such as Chaucer and Shakespeare; the \u003ci\u003eFasti\u003c\/i\u003e, a poetic exploration of the Roman year, of which Ovid completed only half; the \u003ci\u003eAmores\u003c\/i\u003e, love poems; the \u003ci\u003eArs Amatoria\u003c\/i\u003e, a work that is not moral but clever and in parts beautiful; and the \u003ci\u003eHeroides\u003c\/i\u003e, fictitious love letters penned by legendary women to absent husbands. During his exile, he also wrote the dismal works \u003ci\u003eTristia\u003c\/i\u003e, consisting of appeals to people including his wife and the emperor, and similar \u003ci\u003eEpistulae ex Ponto\u003c\/i\u003e. Poetry came naturally to Ovid, whose best works are lively, graphic, and lucid.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Loeb Classical Library edition of Ovid is presented in six volumes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47647702155500,"sku":"9780674990463","price":94.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/f61285e5def02775ae210302558aeced.jpg?v=1779235079","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/metamorphoses-volume-i-by-ovid-9780674990463","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}