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Not exactly considered a "serious" poet or author, Publius Ovidius Naso, or Ovid as he is more commonly called, captured the spirit of Greek and Roman mythology in his most noted work The Metamorphoses. The stories told in this work are commonly thought of as not ....

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.... before his birth as it was for centuries after his death" (Luce 785). When his formal training was complete, Ovid studied philosophy. Ovid then came home to start a serious career. "It did not work. Fathers of poets seem to have a penchant for trying to turn their male offspring into lawyers, doctors, or engineers. Usually this stratagem is effective because most sons are not poets. Most fathers confronted with the problem of a versifying son, therefore, turn out to be right; Ovid's father turned out to be wrong" (Luce 785). Ovid sincerely attempted to satisfy the demands of his father, but failed horribly. He abandoned his law studies and he drifte ....