OvidPublius Ovidius Naso (Latin:; 20 March 43 BC – AD 17/18), known in English as Ovid ( ), was a Roman poet who lived during the reign of Augustus. He was a younger contemporary of Virgil and Horace, with whom he is often ranked as one of the three canonical poets of Latin literature. The Imperial scholar Quintilian considered him to be the last of the Latin love elegists.Narrative poetryNarrative poetry is a form of poetry that tells a story, often using the voices of both a narrator and characters; the entire story is usually written in metered verse. Narrative poems do not need to rhyme. The poems that make up this genre may be short or long, and the story it relates to may be complex. It is normally dramatic, with various characters.
Creation mythA creation myth or cosmogonic myth is a type of cosmogony, a symbolicnarrative of how the world began and how people first came to inhabit it. While in popular usage the term myth often refers to false or fanciful stories, members of cultures often ascribe varying degrees of truth to their creation myths. In the society in which it is told, a creation myth is usually regarded as conveying profound truths – metaphorically, symbolically, historically, or literally.
LatinLatin (lingua Latina or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area around Rome, Italy. Through the expansion of the Roman Republic, it became the dominant language in the Italian Peninsula and subsequently throughout the Roman Empire.
Julius CaesarSpouse(s)PartnerCleopatra VII (mistress)ChildrenJuliaCaesarion (unacknowledged)Augustus (adoptive)ParentsGaius Julius CaesarAureliaAwardsCivic CrownMilitary careerAllegianceRoman RepublicBranchRoman ArmyService years81–45 BCCommandsXIII LegionConflictsSiege of MytileneGallic WarsInvasions of BritainCaesar's civil warAlexandrian war ...(see Military campaigns of Julius Caesar)Gaius Julius Caesar (12 or 13 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC) was a Roman general, statesman, and author who was the dictator of the Roman Republic almost continuously from 49 BC until his assassination in 44 BC.
Ancient RomeIn modern historiography, ancient Rome is the Roman civilisation from the founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD. It encompasses the Roman Kingdom (753–509 BC), the Roman Republic (509–27 BC), and the Roman Empire (27 BC – 476 AD) until the fall of the western empire.
Western cultureLeonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man, based on the correlations of ideal human proportions with geometry described by the ancient Roman architect Vitruvius in Book III of his treatise De architectura.Kristus i Getsemane (1873), an angel comforting Jesus Christ before his arrest in the Garden of Gethsemane, by Carl Heinrich Bloch.Western culture, also known as Western civilization, European civilization, Occidental culture, Western society or simply the West, is the externally cohesive yet internally diverse culture and cultural heritage of the Western world.
MasterpieceA masterpiece, magnum opus (Latin for 'great work'), or chef-d'œuvre (French for 'master of work'; pl.chefs-d'œuvre; French:) is a creation that has been given much critical praise, especially one that is considered the greatest work of a person's career or a work of outstanding creativity, skill, profundity, or workmanship.
Common EraEra names equivalent to AD/BC Today(at UTC+00)Tuesday, 8 September 2026Common Era8 September 2026 CE Other calendars Akan Fobene Armenian 20 Hoṙi 1476 Aztec Tititl 1, 8 Ātl Babylonian 25 Abu, 2337 SE Balinese pawukon Menga, Pasah, Jaya, Pon, Tungleh, Anggara of Menail, Guru, Dangu, Pandita Bengali 24 Bhadro, BS 1433 Chinese Yin Wood Rooster・Turtle Beak Mansion27 Qīyuè, Bǐngwǔnián(Bailu, 15 days until Qiufen) Common Era 8 September 2026 CE Coptic 3 Nesi, AM 1742 Egyptian 25 Tybi, 2775 NE Ethiopian 3 Pāguemēn, 2018 Amätä Məhrät French Republican Décade III, Duodi de Fructidor de l'Année 234 de la République Gregorian 8 September, AD 2026 Hebrew 26 Elul, AM 5786 Hindu Puṣya・VarīyasSolar: 23 Bhādrapada, 1948 SELunisolar: Dvādaśī, Kṛishna pakṣa of Śrāvaṇa, 2083 VERāudra・5127 KY・1,872,826 Icelandic Þriðjudagur, 15 Tvímánuður 2026 Islamic 25 Rabi' al-awwal, AH 1448 (using tabular method) ISO week date 2026-W37-2 Japanese 27 Fumizuki, Reiwa 8(Hakuro, 15 days until Shūbun) Julian 26 August, AD 2026 (AM 7534) Julian day 2461292 Maya 13.0.13.16.92 Chen, 8 Muluc Roman ante diem VII Kalendas Septembres, MMDCCLXXIX AUC Solar Hijri 17 Shahrivar, SH 1405 Tibetan 27 gro bzhin, me pho rta2153 or 1772 or 1000 [refresh] Common Era (CE) and Before the Common Era (BCE) are conventions used in the Gregorian or Julian calendar to specify whether the year is before or after the epoch.
Epic poetryProse genres Poetry genres Dramatic genresComedyLibrettoMusicalOperaPlayhistoricalmoralSatireScriptTragedyTragicomedyHistoryAncientMedievalEarly medievalEarly modernRenaissance18th19th20thContemporary21st MediaVoiceaudiobookspeechWritingbookdigital electronicsebookmanuscript Lists and outlinesOutlineGlossaryBooksEpicfolk-epicsPoetsWritersMovementspoetry groupsCyclesLiterary awardspoetryShort story collection / CycleLost literary worklacunaTheory and criticismSociologyMagazinesCompositionLanguageNarrativeComparativeCircleSocietyPost-literate SocietyPeerFeudEstateWorkshopCircleIn poetry, an epic is a lengthy narrative poem typically about the extraordinary deeds of extraordinary characters who, in dealings with gods or other superhuman forces, gave shape to the mortal universe for their descendants.
Ancient GreekAncient Greek (Ἑλληνική, Hellēnikḗ [hellɛːnikɛ̌ː]) includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: Mycenaean Greek (c. 1400 – c. 1200 BC), Dark Ages (c. 1200 – c. 800 BC), the Archaic or Homeric period (c. 800 – c. 500 BC), and the Classical period (c. 500 – c. 300 BC).*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.