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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)v´d, 43 &BC;–&AD; 18, Latin poet, b. Sulmo (present-day Sulmona), in the Apennines. Although trained for the law, he preferred the company of the…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…Constana
(Encyclopedia) Constana kônstän´tsä, city (1990 pop. 355,402), SE Romania, on the Black Sea. It is the administrative center of Dobruja and a major railroad junction and industrial city, but its…centaur
(Encyclopedia) centaur sn´tôr, 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, they were…Celtes, Conradus Protucius
(Encyclopedia) Celtes, Conradus Protucius kn´räds pr´tootss kl´ts, pseud. of Konrad Pickelkôn´rät pk´l, 1459–1508, German scholar and humanist. He traveled widely, lectured at several…Klinger, Max
(Encyclopedia) Klinger, Max mäks klng´r, 1857–1920, German painter, sculptor, and etcher. Before 1886 he produced cycles of original and somewhat morbidly imaginative etchings, such as Deliverances…Cousin, Jean
(Encyclopedia) Cousin, Jean zhäN koozN´, c.1490–c.1560, celebrated French painter, designer, and sculptor. To him have been attributed the designs for the windows of various churches of Sens and…Gregory, Horace
(Encyclopedia) Gregory, Horace, 1898–1982, American poet and critic, b. Milwaukee, Wis., grad. Univ. of Wisconsin, 1923. His poetry is noted for its dramatic structure and penetrating insights into…Trending
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