The Poems of Exile by Ovid
One of the wittiest Roman poets, Ovid (43BC - 17 or 18 AD) was banished in 8AD to Constanza, a remote barbarous outpost on the Black Sea, for an unknown crime against the Emperor Augustus. Pouring out polished verse, appealing for a pardon that never came, and describing the horrors of the land to which he had been exiled, he continued to write there until his death in 17AD. His poems in exile consist of "Tristia" (poems of lamentation) and the "Episulae Ex Ponto" (Black Sea letters) mostly short elegies or poems in defence of his career ("Tristia II"); and the "Ibis", a venemous sustained elegaic curse of an unknown enemy.| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780140444070 |
| ISBN 10 | 0140444076 |
| Title | The Poems of Exile |
| Author | Ovid |
| Series | Penguin Classics S |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Classics |
| Year published | 1994-04-28 |
| Number of pages | 528 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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