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Time, the devourer of all things.

Ovid

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Topic

Effects of time Relentlessness of time Time

Author

Ovid

Source

Metamorphoses

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

Latin

Time

8 0s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

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Original Citation

Ovid. Metamorphōsēs [Metamorphoses]. c. 8 CE, bk. 15, l. 234.

Current Citation

Ovid. Metamorphoses, translated by David Raeburn. Penguin Classics, 2004, bk. 15, l. 234.

It is convenient that there be gods, and, as it is convenient, let us believe that there are.

Ovid

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Topic

Existence of God God

Author

Ovid

Source

Ars Amatoria

Medium

Poem

Language

Latin

Time

2 0s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Ovid. Ars Amatoria [The Art of Love]. c. 2 AD, bk. 1.

Current Citation

Ovid. "The Art of Love." The Love Poems, translated by A. D. Melville. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 1.

Plenty has made me poor.

Ovid

Metamorphoses

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Topic

Downsides of wealth

Author

Ovid

Source

Metamorphoses

Medium

Poem

Language

Latin

Time

8 0s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Ovid. Metamorphōsēs [Metamorphoses]. c. 8 CE, bk. 3, l. 466.

Current Citation

Ovid. Metamorphoses, translated by David Raeburn. Penguin Classics, 2004, bk. 3, l. 466.

How vast a memory lovers have!

Ovid

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Topic

Love

Author

Ovid

Source

Sappho to Phaon The Heroides

Medium

Poem

Language

Latin

Time

8 0s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Ovid. "Sappho to Phaon." The Heroides [The Heroines]. 8 AD, no. 15, l. 43.

Current Citation

Ovid. "Sappho to Phaon." The Heroides, edited and translated by Harold Isbell. Penguin Classics, 1990, no. 15, l. 43.