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Publius Ovidius Naso (20 Mar 43 BCE - 17 CE)

Alias Ovid [alias]

Ingenious Roman poet who flourished under Augustus until his banishment in 8 AD. Dictionary of National Biography entry: http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780198606413.001.0001/acref-9780198606413-e-4632?rskey=S5StDS&result=1 Other biography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovid Author (in assoc. with a ms or print source)
Authority - ancient
 Relationships: Publius Ovidius Naso was a associate or acquaintance (general) of Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus (63 BC-14)

 Linked print sources: as Author (in assoc. with a ms or print source) - Fasti.
 References in Documents:
Gentle Traveller (Curatorial catalogue) (q) A large octagonal marble table, inlaid with scenes from Ovid. Another similar table, probably ordered for Lord Stanhope when Bargrave, his tutor, had this made was presented or bequeathed to the Library by Dr George Stanhope, Dean of Canterbury from 1704 until his death in 1748.