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Ovid Engraving depicting Cygnus transforming into a swan by a river while Phaeton's sisters turn into poplar trees, with their arms raised and branches growing from their hands. Statue of Ovid stands on a stone pedestal in Piazza XX Settembre, Sulmona, Italy, with historic buildings and a church tower in the background.
How has Odysseus (or Ulysses) been represented in literature, art, and cinema over the ages?
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Row of colorful books on a bookshelf. Stack of books, pile of books, literature, reading. Homepage 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society
The Literary World
Illustration of "The Lamb" from "Songs of Innocence" by William Blake, 1879. poem; poetry
A Study of Poetry
4:043 Dickinson, Emily: A Life of Letters, This is my letter to the world/That never wrote to me; I'll tell you how the Sun Rose/A Ribbon at a time; Hope is the thing with feathers/That perches in the soul
Famous Poets and Poetic Form
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) only confirmed photograph of Emily Dickinson. 1978 scan of a Daguerreotype. ca. 1847; in the Amherst College Archives. American poet. See Notes:
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Ovid: Quotes

  • Adversity
    Who would have known of Hector, if Troy had been happy? The road to valor is built by adversity.Ovid: Tristia
  • Change
    All things change; nothing perishes.Ovid: Metamorphoses
  • Flirtation and Romance
    Whether they yield or refuse, it delights women to have been asked.Ovid: Ars Amatoria
  • God
    It is convenient that there be gods, and, as it is convenient, let us believe there are.Ovid: Ars Amatoria
  • Honesty
    It is annoying to be honest to no purpose.Ovid: Epistulae ex Ponto
  • Love
    Love is a kind of warfare.Ovid: Ars Amatoria
  • Men and Women
    I can't live either without you or with you. Ovid: Amores
  • Punishment
    It is a smaller thing to suffer punishment than to have deserved it.Ovid: Epistulae ex Ponto
  • Women
    Whether they yield or refuse, it delights women to have been asked.Ovid: Ars Amatoria