How did Ovid adapt Latin verse to Greek meters?

Ovid succeeded in the challenging task of adapting the Latin language to dactylic Greek meters, a feat that required significant technical skill due to the inherent differences between the two languages.1

By mastering this adaptation, Ovid perfected both the hexameter and the elegiac couplet, transforming them into versatile instruments for fluent communication. His verse is noted for its remarkable smoothness, balance, and fluency, which effectively masked the extreme artificiality required to fit Latin into these traditional Greek structures.1

While earlier poets like Tibullus and Propertius had worked to smooth out the elegiac meter, Ovid carried the couplet to its logical extreme, characterized by a regular flow, parallelism, and a neat wit. In his narrative work, the Metamorphoses, he utilized the hexameter as a superb vehicle for rapid description and storytelling, demonstrating his ability to transform vast quantities of Greek and Latin literary sources into original, creative forms.123