Ovid

Publius Ovidius Naso (43 BCE - 17 CE) was the most inventive poet of the Augustan age. His Metamorphoses — fifteen books of mythological transformations from the creation of the world to the deification of Julius Caesar — is the single most influential text in Western art after the Bible, serving as the primary source for classical mythology for Renaissance and Baroque artists. His Ars Amatoria (The Art of Love) offended Augustus and contributed to his exile to Tomis on the Black Sea, where he died.

• Nationality: roman
• Roles: poet, writer