{"product_id":"used-fasti-ovid-loeb-253","title":"USED Fasti (Ovid - Loeb 253)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\u003c\/strong\u003e: Ovid\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN\u003c\/strong\u003e: 978\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e0674992795\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding\u003c\/strong\u003e: hardcover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSection\u003c\/strong\u003e: Loeb Classics\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003eOvid (Publius Ovidius Naso, 43 BC–AD 17), born at Sulmo, studied rhetoric and law at Rome. Later he did considerable public service there, and otherwise devoted himself to poetry and to society. Famous at first, he offended the emperor Augustus by his \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eArs amatoria\u003c\/span\u003e, and was banished because of this work and some other reason unknown to us, and dwelt in the cold and primitive town of Tomis on the Black Sea. He continued writing poetry, a kindly man, leading a temperate life. He died in exile.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOvid’s main surviving works are the \u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMetamorphoses\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, a source of inspiration to artists and poets including Chaucer and Shakespeare; the \u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFasti\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, a poetic treatment of the Roman year of which Ovid finished only half; the \u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAmores\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, love poems; the \u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eArs amatoria\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, not moral but clever and in parts beautiful; \u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHeroides\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, fictitious love letters by legendary women to absent husbands; and the dismal works written in exile: the \u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTristia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, appeals to persons including his wife and also the emperor; and similar \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eEpistulae ex Ponto\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e Poetry came naturally to Ovid, who at his best is lively, graphic and lucid.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Loeb Classical Library edition of Ovid is in six volumes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Loeb","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":53003932401888,"sku":"Books:9780674992795u","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0628\/5911\/6768\/files\/512xBcY_qiL._SL1000_296a84c9-8577-4067-8bcc-f2a1ec2b32bb.jpg?v=1780933284","url":"https:\/\/theswordandshovel.com\/products\/used-fasti-ovid-loeb-253","provider":"Sword \u0026 Shovel (403)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}