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Ovid
Name at birth: Publius Ovidius NasoOne of the great poets of antiquity, Ovid was the author of Metamorphoses, a masterpiece on Greek and Roman myths. What Virgil was to epic poetry, Ovid was to…Brewer's: Ovid
The French Ovid. Du Bellay, one of the Pleiad poets; also called the “father of grace and elegance.” (1524-1560.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894OwainOvery…Ovid
(Encyclopedia) Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)Ovidvd [key], 43 b.c.–a.d. 18, Latin poet, b. Sulmo (present-day Sulmona), in the Apennines. Although trained for the law, he preferred the company of the…Constana
(Encyclopedia) Constana Constana kônstäntsä [key], city, SE Romania, on the Black Sea. It is the administrative…Golding, Arthur
(Encyclopedia) Golding, Arthur, c.1536–c.1605, English translator. He translated many Latin classics, including Caesar's Gallic War and Ovid's Metamorphoses. A Calvinist, Golding tried to infuse the…centaur
(Encyclopedia) centaurcentaursntôr [key], in Greek mythology, creature, half man and half horse. The centaurs were fathered by Ixion or by Centaurus, who was Ixion's son. Followers of Dionysus,…Sappho
(Encyclopedia) SapphoSapphosf [key], fl. early 6th cent. b.c., greatest of the early Greek lyric poets (Plato calls her “the tenth Muse”), b. Mytilene on Lesbos. Facts about her life are scant.…Cousin, Jean
(Encyclopedia) Cousin, JeanCousin, JeanzhäN k&oomacr;zN [key], c.1490–c.1560, celebrated French painter, designer, and sculptor. To him have been attributed the designs for the windows of…Celtes, Conradus Protucius
(Encyclopedia) Celtes, Conradus ProtuciusCeltes, Conradus Protuciusknräds prt&oobreve;tss klts [key], pseud. of Konrad PickelCeltes, Conradus Protuciuskônrät pkl [key], 1459–1508,…Sandys, George
(Encyclopedia) Sandys, George, 1578–1644, English poet and traveler, b. Yorkshire, son of Archbishop Edwin Sandys. He was educated at Oxford and in 1610 began an extended tour of Europe and the…Trending
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