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Born a year after the notorious murder of Julius Caesar, Ovid passed his childhood in relative peace despite the civil wars that wracked the Roman Empire. At last Augustus was crowned emperor and the Pax Romana began, and Ovid set out to study rhetoric in Rome. Despite a promising career in government and even a shot at becoming senator... See full bio »

Born:

Publius Ovidius Naso
March 20, 43 in BC, Sulmo, Roman Empire. [now Sulmona, Italy]

Died:

Tomis, Moesia [now Constanta, Romania]

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Known For

Ars amandi

Ars amandi (1983)

Rome: Power & Glory

Rome: Power & Glory (1999)

Hercules

Hercules (2005)

Metamorphoses

Metamorphoses (1978)

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2011 Pâris (short)

2008 Creation (video short) (credited, but not involved)

2008 Into the Labyrinth (original idea)

2005/II Hercules (TV movie) (play "Les Métamorphoses")

1999 Rome: Power & Glory (video documentary) (writings)

1999 Semele (TV movie) (play "Metamorphoses")

1998 Thésée (TV movie) (play "Metamorphoses" - uncredited)

1983 Ars amandi (poem)

1978 Metamorphoses (book "Metamorphoses")

1967 Acteón (story "Acteon's Myth")

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Creation -- A short inspired by Ovid's Creation story in Metamorphosis.

Into the Labyrinth -- Jarek Obsadny and Ghetto Panda present Into the Labyrinth – an urban tale derived from the ancient but timeless works of the Roman poet Ovid. The main part of the film is set in the heart of Toronto’s downtown sometime in the early twenty firs

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Other Works:

Book: "Metamorphoses" (filmed as Metamorphoses, Hercules, Semele, Thésée) See more »

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