Ovid

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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

Authentication Score 2

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.

Dripping water hollows out a stone, a ring is worn away by use.

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One step at a time Persistence

Author

Ovid

Medium

Letter

Statement Type

Proverbs, aphorisms and adages

Language

Latin

Time

18 10s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Ovid. "To Albinovanus: The Sixth Summer." Epistulae ex Ponto. 1st century CE, bk. 4, no. 10, l. 5.

Current Citation

Oivd. "Ex Ponto." Triste; Ex Ponto, translated by Arthur Leslie Wheeler, edited by G. P. Goold. Harvard University Press, 1988.

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

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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.

Every lover is a warrior, and Cupid has his camps.

Ovid

Amores

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Topic

Love is a battlefield

Author

Ovid

Source

Amores

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

Latin

Time

16 BC 10s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Ovid. Amores. c. 16 BC, bk. 1, no. 9.

Current Citation

Ovid. "Amores." The Love Poems, translated by A. D. Melville. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 1, no. 9.

So I can't live either without you or with you.

Ovid

Amores

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Topic

Relationship challenges

Author

Ovid

Source

Amores

Medium

Poem

Language

Latin

Time

16 BC 10s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Ovid. Amores. c. 16 BC, bk. 3, no. 11.

Current Citation

Ovid. "Amores." The Love Poems, translated by A. D. Melville. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 3, no. 11.

How vast a memory lovers have!

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Love

Author

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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.