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Ovid

Roman poet (43 BC – 17/18 AD)
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Summary

Ovid was born on March 20, 43 BC[1], in Sulmo[2]. He died on 17[3] in Tomis[4]. He worked as a poet[5], writer[6], mythographer[7], and elegist[8]. He ranks in the top 0.59% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16,897 views/month, #5,890 of 1,000,298).[9]

Key Facts

  • Place of birth: Sulmona[10]
  • Country of citizenship: Ancient Rome[11]
  • Native language: Latin[12]
  • Notable work: Metamorphoses[13], Heroides[14], Ibis[15], Volgarized Ovid (Crusca Ms. 110)[16], Halieutica[17], Medicamina Faciei Femineae[18], Ars amatoria[19], Fasti[20], Epistulae ex Ponto[21], Remedia amoris[22], Tristia[23], Amores[24]
  • Sex or gender: male[25]
  • Genre: tragedy[26], elegy[27], epic poem[28]
  • Commons category: Ovid[29]
  • Said to be the same as: Lygdamus[30]
  • Residence: Constanța[31]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Ovid[32]
  • Student of: Marcus Porcius Latro[33]
  • Depicted by: Monument to Ovid[34]
  • Described by source: Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[35], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[36], Larousse Encyclopedia online[37], Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[38]

Product Details

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  • Type: Person[39]

  • Began / founded: ????-03-20[40]

  • Ended / dissolved: 0017[41]

  • Community tags: born:-43[42]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 4f7c6dc7-fac9-48de-98cc-47498debcdaa[43]

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Ovid include Ovidiopol[44], Ovidia[45], and he[46].

Why It Matters

Ovid has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] He is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]

He has been cited as an influence by William Shakespeare[49], a playwright[50], 1564–1616[51], of Kingdom of England[52], specialised in fiction[53]; Percy Bysshe Shelley[54], a linguist[55], 1792–1822[56], of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[57]; Charles Baudelaire[58], a poet[59], 1821–1867[60], of France[61], awarded the Concours général[62], specialised in poetry[63]; and Ignjat Đurđević[64], a linguist[65], 1675–1737[66], of Republic of Ragusa[67].

Works attributed to him include Metamorphoses[68], a literary work[69], founded in 0001[70]; Ars amatoria[71], a literary work[72]; Fasti[73], a literary work[74], founded in 0008[75]; Heroides[76], a literary work[77]; Tristia[78]; and Amores[79]. Entities named for him include Ovidiopol[44], Ovidia[45], and he[46].

FAQs

Where was Ovid born?

Ovid was born in Sulmo[2].

Where did Ovid die?

Ovid died in Tomis[4].

What did Ovid do for work?

Ovid worked as a poet[5], writer[6], mythographer[7], and elegist[8].

Who did Ovid influence?

Ovid has been cited as an influence by William Shakespeare[49], Percy Bysshe Shelley[54], Charles Baudelaire[58], and Ignjat Đurđević[64].

Related Entities

Ars amatoria Charles Baudelaire Constanța Metamorphoses National Gallery of Art Percy Bysshe Shelley Sulmona The Divine Comedy William Shakespeare

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  7. [5] ↑ . BeWeB. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  10. [8] ↑ . Perseus Digital Library. Retrieved . catalog.perseus.tufts.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  15. [30] ↑ . Oxford Classical Dictionary (4th rev. ed.). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  17. [1] ↑ . Enciclopedia Treccani. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [3] ↑ . Ovidius. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  32. [33] ↑ . Porcii. wikidata.org.
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  37. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [39] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [40] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [41] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [42] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [43] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [9] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [47] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [48] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  10. 13w ago · ManuelaLaRosa · 2026-07-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  17. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  20. 21w ago · Sj1mor · 2026-05-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  21. 22w ago · Printstream · 2026-05-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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