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Tristium Libri Quinque Et Ibis

Tristium Libri Quinque Et Ibis

Paperback

LatinAncient RomeGeneral Poetry

ISBN10: 1279659785
ISBN13: 9781279659786
Publisher: Nabu Press
Published: Apr 7 2012
Pages: 520
Weight: 1.59
Height: 1.05 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

Tristia (Sorrows) is a collection of poems in elegiac couplets by the Roman poet Ovid, written in exile on the Black Sea coast at Tomis (modern Constanța, Romania) between 8 and 12 AD. The five books of the Tristia detail Ovid's despair during his exile, as well as his appeals to the Emperor Augustus for a pardon. He describes the hardships of life in Tomis, its remoteness, the climate, and the threat of attack by local tribes. Ovid also wrote the poem Ibis during his exile, a curse poem directed at an unnamed enemy.

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