Suggested Background Reading For the life of Ovid and general background material, see the introduction to Innes' translation of the Metamorphoses, esp. Links in the following discussion are to the Selections from Ovid's Amores and Selections from Ovid's Metamorphoses, Book 1 in the collection of faculty translations.
First edition ca.
From A.D. 2 onwards. From A.D. 2 onwards. Life and Works Ovid was born in Sulmo, in central Italy. He transferred his allegiance to Octavian in disgust at Antony's liaison with Cleopatra and fought against Antony at Actium. Ovid was not a part, therefore, of the 'inner circle' of Augustan poets associated with Maecenas.