Ovid’s playful poetry made him a favorite among Rome’s elite, but angered Emperor Augustus. Just as he was producing his finest work, Ovid (43 BC – 17 AD) was exiled to the darkest corner of ...

While Ovid is a master at portraying humans sympathetically ... we see women reject men’s offers of love. When Narcissus asserts that Echo wants “to jump [his] bones,” Echo replies ...