Publius Ovidius Naso

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Publius Ovidius Naso - Roman poet remembered for his elegiac verses on love (43 BC - AD 17)

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Morpheus - the Roman god of sleep and dreams

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17AD: Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso), the celebrated poet, died in Rome - as did the historian Livy, who wrote a 142-book history of the city.

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"Publius" might refer to Ovid's full name, Publius Ovidius Naso, especially in a book that also contains some scurrilously entertaining verse from the Latin poet in the form of Marlowe's translations.

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In the Middle Ages, the poet Publius Ovidius Naso (43BCE-17CE) was the classical author par excellence.

Clark, James G., Frank T. Coulson, and Kathryn L. McKinley, eds, Ovid in the Middle Ages

Since almost nothing has been recorded about the life, exile, and death of Publius Ovidius Naso, each chapter would not only integrate details of contemporary Roman culture and history with imagined scenes, the narrative would also draw on the fragmentary autobiographical moments as they figure in the Metamorphoses, as well as in Amores and Tristia.