![]() ![]() Ovid originated many versions of the myth stories we know today such as the King Midas, golden touch tale.Ĭategories with related articles in this website:Įarly Ancient Roman History (34 articles) His irreverence helped led to the tossing of the Greek gods and replacing them with Roman ones. His “Metamorphosis” told the story of the Greek gods in a Roman context. ![]() ![]() As a teenager he wrote they were "two adolescents, exploring a booby-trapped world of adult passions and temptations, and playing private games, first with their society, then - “liaisons dangeruses” “with one another." Ovid once wrote, "Offered a sexless heaven, I'd say no thank you, women are such sweet hell." He wrote that he learned about love from the mysterious Corinna who he rhapsodized about in his early “ Loves”. Famed as a kind of Roman Casanova, he married three times, had a great many lovers and was involved in a highly-publicized sex scandal. Brought up in the province to an equestrian family, he moved to Rome as a teenager and wrote about the sensuous life he enjoyed in upper class Roman society. Ovid is regarded as the premier Roman love poet. ![]()
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