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Publius Ovidius Naso.
Born on 20 March 43 BCE in Sulmo (now Sulmona), Italy.
Died in 17 or 18 CE in Tomis, Scythia Minor (now Constanța, Romania).
Wikipedia: English,
French.
Categories: Amatory,
Epic,
Didactic and
Exile Poetry,
Dubious and
Spurious Works.
AI. Source: imaginary portrait in Ettore Ferrari’s 1887 statue.
AMATORY POETRY
Heroides.
(The heroines).
Latin:
Jean-Augustin Amar (1820).
English:
The heroïdes, or Epistles of the heroines (Henry Riley,
1852;
see also 1852);
— Loeb:
The heroides (Grant Showerman,
1914; with Latin);
— Heroides (Harold Cannon, 1971;
see 1972; verse);
— Heroides (Harold Isbell, 1990; lines);
— Heroines (Daryl Hine,
1991; verse);
— Heroides (Paul Murgatroyd, Bridget Reeves and Sarah Parker, 2017; lines).
French:
Épîtres (Octovien de Saint-Gelais,
c. 1500; verse;
see also 1505,
c. 1505,
c. 1505,
1511,
c. 1520,
1525,
1528,
1534,
1544 and
1546);
— Deux épîtres (Saint-Romat, 1541;
the epistles of Leander and Hero, in verse, along with Clément Marot’s Des amours de Léander et Héro;
see 1556 and
1580);
— Les épîtres (Charles Fontaine,
1552; ten epistles, in verse;
see also 1556 and
1580, containing the ten epistles translated by Fontaine, supplemented by the two epistles translated by Saint-Romat, and the nine remaining epistles in Saint-Gelais’s translation revised by Fontaine);
— Lettres (Jacques Du Perron, “M. F.” and anonymous,
1598, four and
two epistles; in Les fleurs du bien-dire;
see also 1602, four and
two epistles, and
1603, four and
two epistles);
— Épîtres (Pierre de Deimier,
1608, five and
three epistles; in Le printemps des lettres amoureuses;
see also 1614, five and
three epistles);
— Épîtres (Pierre de Deimier,
1612, I–XIV,
XV and
XVI–XXI; in Lettres amoureuses);
— Les épîtres (Lingendes, La Brosse, Hédelin and Jacques Du Perron,
1616;
see also 1626);
— Épîtres (Nicolas Renouard,
1618; three epistles;
see also 1636,
1640 and
1658);
— Épître de Laodamia à Protesilaus (Marie de Gournay, 1608; epistle XIII;
see 1626 and
1634);
— Les épîtres héroïdes (Michel de Marolles,
1661; with Latin);
— Épîtres (Thomas Corneille,
1670; seven epistles, in verse);
— Épîtres (Jean Barrin,
1676; six epistles, in verse;
see also 1685 and
1756);
— Les épîtres héroïdes (Étienne Algay de Martignac,
1697; with Latin);
— Panckoucke:
Héroïdes (Victor-Hyacinthe Chappuyzi,
1834; with Latin);
— Nisard:
Héroïdes (Théophile Baudement,
1838; with Latin);
— Budé:
Héroïdes (Marcel Prévost, 1928; with Latin);
— Les héroïdes (Émile Ripert, 1933; with Latin).
Amores.
(The loves).
Latin:
Jean-Augustin Amar (1820).
English:
The amores, or Amours (Henry Riley,
1852;
see also 1852);
— Loeb:
The amores (Grant Showerman,
1914; with Latin);
— Amores (Alan David Melville, 1990).
French:
Élégies (François Habert,
c. 1542; four elegies, in verse);
— Élégies (Claude Nicole,
1659; eight elegies, in verse;
see also 1693 and
1705, with nine additional elegies);
— Élégies (Thomas Corneille,
1670; seven elegies, in verse);
— Élégies amoureuses (Jean Barrin,
1676; verse;
see also 1685 and
1756);
— Les amours (Étienne Algay de Martignac,
1697; with Latin;
see also 1750);
— Panckoucke:
Amours (Jacques Mangeart,
1836; with Latin);
— Nisard:
Les amours (Théophile Baudement,
1838; with Latin);
— Budé:
Les amours (Henri Bornecque, 1930; with Latin);
— Les amours (Émile Ripert,
1941; with Latin).
De medicamine faciei femineae (fragment).
(On women’s facial cosmetics).
Latin:
Jean-Augustin Amar (1820).
English:
De medicamine faciei, or The care of the complexion (Henry Riley,
1852;
see also 1852);
— Cosmetics for ladies (Alan David Melville, 1990).
French:
De l’art d’embellir le visage (Michel de Marolles,
1660; with Latin);
— L’art d’embellir le visage (Étienne Algay de Martignac,
1697; with Latin);
— Panckoucke:
Les cosmétiques (Charles Héguin de Guerle,
1836; with Latin);
— Nisard:
Les cosmétiques (Charles Nisard,
1838; with Latin);
— Budé:
Les produits de beauté pour le visage de la femme (Henri Bornecque, 1930; with Latin;
see 1961);
— De la manière de soigner le visage féminin (Émile Ripert,
1941; with Latin).
Ars amatoria.
(The art of love).
Latin:
Jean-Augustin Amar (1820).
English:
De arte amandi (Wynkyn de Worde,
1513; excerpts;
see also 1513);
— Ars amatoria, or The art of love (Henry Riley,
1852;
see also 1852);
— The art of love (Alan David Melville, 1990).
French:
De l’art d’aimer (anonymous,
c. 1515; verse;
see also c. 1520,
c. 1527 and
1556);
— L’art d’aimer (Nicolas Renouard, 1635; verse);
— L’art d’aimer (Michel de Marolles,
1660; with Latin);
— L’art d’aimer, I (Claude Nicole,
1664; verse;
see also 1668,
1693 and
1705);
— L’art d’aimer (Étienne Algay de Martignac,
1697; with Latin;
see also 1750);
— Ovide amoureux (Louis Ferrier de La Martinière,
1698; verse;
see also 1698, with foreword);
— L’art d’aimer (Joseph de Cuers,
1751; verse;
see also 1756);
— L’art d’aimer (Amand-Claude Masson de Saint-Amand,
1783;
see also 1806, revised, with Latin);
— L’art d’aimer (“M. G.”,
1785);
— L’art d’aimer (Ange-François Fariau de Saint-Ange,
1807; verse, with Latin);
— L’art d’aimer (François-Amand de Gournay,
1817; verse);
— L’art de plaire (Jean-Baptiste-Vincent Pirault des Chaumes,
1818);
— L’art d’aimer (Philippe Ai,
1829; verse, with Latin);
— Panckoucke:
L’art d’aimer (Charles Héguin de Guerle,
1836; with Latin);
— Nisard:
L’art d’aimer (Charles Nisard,
1838; with Latin);
— Budé:
L’art d’aimer (Henri Bornecque, 1924; with Latin;
see 1960);
— L’art d’aimer (Émile Ripert,
1941; with Latin).
Remedia amoris.
(The cures for love).
Latin:
Jean-Augustin Amar (1820).
English:
Remedia amoris, or The remedy of love (Henry Riley,
1852;
see also 1852);
— The cures for love (Alan David Melville, 1990).
French:
Du remède d’amours (anonymous,
1509; verse);
— Le remède d’amours (Charles Fontaine,
1555; verse; first half only);
— Remèdes contre l’amour (Nicolas Renouard,
1621; first half only);
— Du remède d’amour (Michel de Marolles,
1660; with Latin);
— Le remède d’amour (Étienne Algay de Martignac,
1697; with Latin;
see also 1750);
— Le remède d’amour (Joseph de Cuers,
1751; verse;
see also 1756);
— Le remède d’amour (Ange-François Fariau de Saint-Ange,
1811; verse, with Latin);
— Le remède d’amour (Jean-Baptiste-Vincent Pirault des Chaumes,
1818);
— Panckoucke:
Le remède d’amour (Charles Héguin de Guerle,
1836; with Latin);
— Nisard:
Le remède d’amour (Charles Nisard,
1838; with Latin);
— Budé:
Les remèdes à l’amour (Henri Bornecque, 1930; with Latin;
see 1961);
— Les remèdes d’amour (Émile Ripert,
1941; with Latin).
EPIC POETRY
Metamorphoses.
(The transformations).
Latin:
Nicolas-Éloi Lemaire (1821, I–VII and
1822, VIII–XV);
— William Sanderson (1977;
see also 1982 and
1985).
Greek:
Metamorphoses (Maximus Planudes, c. 1294, edited by Jean-François Boissonnade,
1822).
English:
The metamorphoses (William Caxton, 1480; from the French; see facsimile of manuscript,
1968, I–IX and
X–XV;
this translation survives only in manuscript form, but it was possibly printed around 1480;
see also 1819, X–XV);
— Metamorphosis (Arthur Golding,
1567; verse;
see also 1904);
— Metamorphosis (George Sandys,
1626; verse;
see also 1628,
1632,
1638 and
1640);
— Metamorphoses (Samuel Garth, dir.,
1717; verse);
— Metamorphoses (John Clarke,
1735; with Latin;
see also 1752);
— Metamorphoses (anonymous, published by Joseph Davidson,
1748; with Latin;
see also 1753,
1759,
1797 and
1822);
— The metamorphoses (John Jarrard Howard,
1807, I–VII and
VIII–XV; blank verse);
— Metamorphoses (Thomas Orger, 1811; verse, with Latin;
see 1814);
— The metamorphoses (Henry Riley,
1851;
see also 1858 and
1889);
— The metamorphoses (George Wheeler,
1851);
— The metamorphoses (Henry King,
1871; blank verse;
see also 1871);
— Metamorphoses (anonymous,
1895; interlinear, with Latin);
— Loeb:
Metamorphoses (Frank Justus Miller, 1916; with Latin;
see 1929, I–VIII and
IX–XV);
— Metamorphoses (Brookes More, 1922–1941; blank verse;
see 1933, I–V,
1941, VI–X and
1957, XI–XV);
— Metamorphoses (Rolfe Humphries, 1955);
— The metamorphoses (Mary Innes,
1955);
— The metamorphoses (Horace Gregory, 1958);
— Metamorphoses (Alan David Melville, 1986);
— Metamorphoses (Charles Boer, 1989);
— The metamorphoses (Allen Mandelbaum, 1993; verse);
— The metamorphoses (David Slavitt, 1994; verse);
— Metamorphoses (Anthony Kline, 2000);
— The metamorphoses (Michael Simpson,
2001);
— Metamorphoses (Zuell Philip Ambrose, 2004);
— Metamorphoses (David Raeburn, 2004; verse);
— Metamorphoses (Charles Martin, 2004).
French:
Ovide moralisé (verse adaptation, manuscrit, 1315–1325);
— Métamorphose (Colard Mansion,
1484;
see also 1484,
1493,
1493,
1493, and
1493 with missing first folio);
— Le grand Olympe des histoires poétiques (anonymous, 1530;
see 1532,
1538–1539, I–V,
VI–X and
XI–XV,
1539, I–V,
VI–X and
XI–XV,
1539 and
1543;
revised versions in 1570,
1574,
1574 and
1608);
— La métamorphose, I (Clément Marot,
1534; verse);
— La métamorphose, I–II (Clément Marot,
1543; verse);
— La métamorphose, III–VI and XIII–XIV (François Habert,
1549; verse);
— La métamorphose, I–III (Clément Marot and Barthélemy Aneau,
1556; verse; the first two books by Marot, and the third one by Aneau;
see also 1556);
— La métamorphose (François Habert,
1557; verse;
see also 1557,
1580,
1587, I–VIIIa and
VIIIb–XV);
— Les histoires des poètes comprises au grand Olympe (Christofle Deffrans,
1595; verse);
— Olympe, ou Métamorphose (Guillaume de Saluste Du Bartas,
1597;
see also 1609);
— Métamorphoses, I–VII (Raymond and Charles de Massac,
1603; verse);
— Métamorphoses, XIII (Raymond and Charles de Massac,
1605; verse);
— Les métamorphoses (Nicolas Renouard,
1606;
see also 1616,
1621 and
1640);
— Les métamorphoses (Raymond and Charles de Massac,
1617; verse);
— Les métamorphoses (Pierre Du Ryer,
1655;
see also 1660,
1676, I–V,
VI–XI and
XII–XV,
1677 and
1702);
— Les métamorphoses, I–II (Thomas Corneille,
1669; verse);
— Les métamorphoses (Thomas Corneille,
1697, I–V,
VI–X and
XI–XV; verse;
see also 1697, I–V and
VI–X, and
1700, XI–XV);
— Les métamorphoses (Étienne Algay de Martignac,
1697, I–IV,
V–X and
XI–XV; with Latin);
— Les métamorphoses (Jean-Baptiste Morvan de Bellegarde,
1701, I–IX and
X–XV);
— Les métamorphoses (Antoine Banier,
1732, I–VII and
VIII–XV; with Latin;
see also 1767, I–III,
1768, IV–VII,
1769, VIII–XI and
1771, XII–XV);
— Les métamorphoses (Joseph-Gaspard Dubois-Fontanelle,
1767, I–VII and
VIII–XV;
see also 1802, I–IV,
V–VIII,
IX–XII and
XIII–XV, with Latin);
— Les métamorphoses (Jean-Jacques de Barrett, 1778; with Latin);
— Les métamorphoses (Jacques Clinchamps de Malfilâtre,
1799, I–V,
VI–X and
XI–XV;
see also 1803, I–V,
VI–X and
XI–XV);
— Les métamorphoses (Ange-François Fariau de Saint-Ange,
1800, I–VII and
VIII–XV; verse;
revised version in 1808, I–III,
IV–VII,
VIII–XI and
XII–XV);
— Les métamorphoses (Mathieu-Guillaume-Thérèse Villenave,
1806, I–II,
III–VI,
VII–XI and
XII–XV; with Latin;
see also 1806, I–II,
III–VI,
1807, VII–XI and
XII–XV);
— Les métamorphoses, I–III (Richerolle d’Avallon,
1818; verse);
— Panckoucke:
Métamorphoses (Étienne Gros,
1835, I–V,
1836, VI–X and
1837, XI–XV; with Latin);
— Nisard:
Les métamorphoses (Louis Puget, Théodore Guiard, Chevriau and Fouquier,
1838; with Latin);
— Les métamorphoses (Joseph Cabaret-Dupaty,
1866; after Étienne Gros);
— Budé:
Les métamorphoses (Georges Lafaye, 1928–1930; with Latin;
see 1966, I–V,
1965, VI–X and
1966, XI–XV);
— Les métamorphoses (Joseph Chamonard, 1936; with Latin);
— Les métamorphoses (Danièle Robert, 2001; with Latin);
— Les métamorphoses (Marie Cosnay, 2017; with Latin);
— Les métamorphoses (Olivier Sers, 2019; blank verse).
DIDACTIC POETRY
Fasti (unfinished).
(The festivals).
Latin:
Nicolas-Éloi Lemaire (1822).
English:
The fasti, or Calendar (Henry Riley,
1851;
see also 1851).
French:
Les fastes (Étienne Algay de Martignac,
1697; with Latin;
see also 1750);
— Les fastes (Ange-François Fariau de Saint-Ange,
1804, I–III and
IV–VI; verse, with Latin;
see also 1809);
— Panckoucke:
Fastes (Théodose Burette,
1834, I–III and
1835, IV–VI; with Latin);
— Nisard:
Les fastes (Jules Fleutelot,
1838; with Latin);
— Les fastes (Émile Ripert, 1934; with Latin);
— Budé:
Les fastes (Robert Schilling, 1993, I–III and IV–VI; with Latin).
EXILE POETRY
Ibis.
(The ibis).
Latin:
Nicolas-Éloi Lemaire (1824).
English:
The invective against the ibis (Henry Riley,
1851;
see also 1851).
French:
Imprécations contre Ibis (Étienne Algay de Martignac,
1697; with Latin);
— Panckoucke:
Ibis (Nicolas Caresme,
1836; with Latin);
— Nisard:
L’Ibis (Charles Nisard,
1838; with Latin);
— Ibis (Émile Ripert, 1937; with Latin);
— Budé:
Contre Ibis (Jacques André,
1963; with Latin).
Tristia.
(Sorrows).
Fifty elegies, in five books. Written between 9 and 12 CE in Tomis.
Latin:
Nicolas-Éloi Lemaire (1822).
English:
De tristibus, I–III (Thomas Churchyard, 1572; verse;
see 1580);
— Tristia (Wye Saltonstall,
1633; verse;
see also 1672 and
1681);
— De tristibus, or Mournful elegies (Zachary Catlin,
1639; verse;
see also text on EEBO-TCP);
— Tristia (“T. P.”,
1713; verse;
see also 1726);
— Tristia (Nathan Bailay,
1729);
— Tristia, I (Francis Arden,
1821; verse);
— The tristia, or Lament (Henry Riley,
1851;
see also 1851).
French:
Les tristes (Étienne Algay de Martignac,
1697; with Latin;
see also 1750);
— Panckoucke:
Tristes (Armand Vernadé,
1834; with Latin);
— Nisard:
Les tristes (Charles Nisard,
1838; with Latin);
— Les tristes (Émile Ripert, 1937; with Latin);
— Budé:
Tristes (Jacques André,
1968; with Latin).
Epistulae ex Ponto.
(Letters from the Black Sea).
Latin:
Nicolas-Éloi Lemaire (1822).
English:
The Pontic epistles (Henry Riley,
1851;
see also 1851).
French:
Les élégies écrites dans la province de Pont (Étienne Algay de Martignac,
1697;
with Latin; see also 1750);
— Panckoucke:
Pontiques (Nicolas Caresme,
1836; with Latin);
— Nisard:
Les pontiques (Charles Nisard,
1838; with Latin);
— Les pontiques (Émile Ripert, 1937; with Latin);
— Budé:
Pontiques (Jacques André, 1977; with Latin).
DUBIOUS WORKS
Epigrams and fragments.
Latin:
Nicolas-Éloi Lemaire (1824).
English:
Fragments (Henry Riley,
1852;
see also 1852).
French:
Épigrammes (Michel de Marolles,
1660; with Latin);
— Nisard:
Épigrammes (Charles Nisard?,
1838; with Latin).
Ad Liviam Augustam consolatio.
(Consolation to Livia Augusta).
Latin:
Jean-Augustin Amar (1820).
English:
The consolation to Livia Augusta (Henry Riley,
1852;
see also 1852).
French:
Consolation à l’impératrice Livie (Étienne Algay de Martignac,
1697; with Latin);
— Panckoucke:
Consolation à Livia Augusta (Jacques Mangeart,
1836; with Latin);
— Nisard:
Consolation à Livie Augusta (Charles Nisard,
1838; with Latin).
Nux.
(The walnut tree).
Latin:
Jean-Augustin Amar (1820).
English:
Nux, or The walnut tree (Henry Riley,
1852;
see also 1852).
French:
Élégie sur la complainte du noyer (François Calvy de La Fontaine, c. 1530; verse);
— Sur la complainte du noyer (Richard Le Blanc,
1554; verse, with Latin);
— Le noyer (Antoine de Cotel,
1578; verse);
— Le noyer (Michel de Marolles,
1660; with Latin);
— Élégie du noyer (Étienne Algay de Martignac,
1697; with Latin);
— Le noyer (anonymous, 1802);
— Le noyer (J.‑J.‑L.‑G. Monnin, 1814; verse, with Latin);
— Panckoucke:
Le noyer (Jacques Mangeart,
1836; with Latin);
— Nisard:
Le noyer (Charles Nisard,
1838; with Latin);
— Le noyer (Émile Ripert, 1937; with Latin).
Halieutica (fragment).
(On fishing).
Latin:
Jean-Augustin Amar (1820).
English:
The halieuticon, or Treatise on fishes (Henry Riley,
1851;
see also 1851).
French:
Fragment d’un discours des poissons (Michel de Marolles,
1660; with Latin);
— Panckoucke:
Halieutiques (Jacques Mangeart,
1836; with Latin);
— Nisard:
Les halieutiques (Théophile Baudement,
1838; with Latin);
— Halieutiques (Émile Ripert, 1937; with Latin);
— Budé:
Halieutiques (Eugène De Saint-Denis, 1977; with Latin).
SPURIOUS WORKS
Somnium (fragment).
(The dream).
French:
Le songe (Michel de Marolles,
1660; with Latin).
Pulex.
(The flea).
French:
La puce (Michel de Marolles,
1660; with Latin).
Philomela.
French:
Philomèle, ou Le rossignol (Michel de Marolles,
1660; with Latin).
HEROIDES
Elegy I.
Latin:
Amar (1820).
English:
Riley (1852);
Showerman (1914);
Cannon (1971; see 1972);
Isbell (1990);
Hine (1991);
Murgatroyd, Reeves and Parker (2017).
French:
Saint-Gelais (1500);
Fontaine (1552);
Du Perron (1598);
Deimier (1612);
Lingendes (1616);
Marolles (1661);
Barrin (1676);
Martignac (1697);
Chappuyzi (1834);
Baudement (1838);
Prévost (1928);
Ripert (1933).
Elegy I.
Latin:
Amar (1820).
English:
Riley (1852).
French:
Chappuyzi (1834).
Elegy I.
Latin:
Amar (1820).
— English:
Riley (1852).
— French:
Chappuyzi (1834).
Created on 23 September 2026. Updated on 21 October 2026.
