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Notable works. Metamorphoses. Publius Ovidius Naso ( Latin: [ˈpuːbliʊs ɔˈwɪdiʊs ˈnaːso (ː)]; 20 March 43 BC – AD 17/18), known in English as Ovid ( / ˈɒvɪd / OV-id ), [2] [3] was a Roman poet who lived during the reign of Augustus.
Died. c. 169 BC. Occupation. Poet. Genre. Epic poetry. Quintus Ennius ( Latin pronunciation: [ˈkᶣiːnt̪ʊs̺ ˈɛnːiʊs̺]; c. 239 – c. 169 BC) was a writer and poet who lived during the Roman Republic. He is often considered the father of Roman poetry.
Ovid, the Latin poet of the Roman Empire, was banished in 8 AD from Rome to Tomis (now Constanța, Romania) by decree of the emperor Augustus. The reasons for his banishment are uncertain. [1] Ovid's exile is related by the poet himself, and also in brief references to the event by Pliny the Elder and Statius.
Family. gens Annaea. Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (3 November AD 39 – 30 April AD 65), better known in English as Lucan ( / ˈluːkən / ), was a Roman poet, born in Corduba, Hispania Baetica (present-day Córdoba, Spain ). He is regarded as one of the outstanding figures of the Imperial Latin period, known in particular for his epic Pharsalia.
Latin literature features the work of Roman authors, such as Cicero, Virgil, Ovid and Horace, but also includes the work of European writers after the fall of the Empire; from religious writers like Aquinas (1225–1274), to secular writers like Francis Bacon (1561–1626), Baruch Spinoza (1632–1677), and Isaac Newton (1642–1727).
Or, "[Comedy/Satire] criticises customs through humour", is a phrase coined by French Neo-Latin poet Jean-Baptiste de Santeul (1630–1697), but sometimes wrongly attributed to his contemporary Molière or to Roman lyric poet Horace. Casum sentit dominus: accident is felt by the owner
Horace. Quintus Horatius Flaccus ( Classical Latin: [ˈkʷiːntʊs (h)ɔˈraːtiʊs ˈfɫakːʊs]; 8 December 65 BC – 27 November 8 BC), [1] commonly known in the English-speaking world as Horace ( / ˈhɒrɪs / ), was the leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus (also known as Octavian). The rhetorician Quintilian regarded his ...
Aeneid. Publius Vergilius Maro ( Classical Latin: [ˈpuːbliʊs wɛrˈɡɪliʊs ˈmaroː]; traditional dates 15 October 70 BC – 21 September 19 BC), usually called Virgil or Vergil ( / ˈvɜːrdʒɪl / VUR-jil) in English, was an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period. [1] He composed three of the most famous poems in Latin literature: the ...