When his older brother died at age 20, Ovid gave up the study of law altogether and took to traveling through Athens and Sicily. Although Ovid excelled at rhetoric, he was drawn towards using his oratory skills to explore emotional rather than political themes. Ovid’s father educated Ovid and his brother in rhetoric in hopes that they would practice law as adults. Ovid was born in a rural valley near Rome, Italy during the reign of Augustus. Book 15: The Apotheosis of Julius Caesar.Book 14: The Mutinous Companions of Diomedes.Book 14: Macareus’ Story: Picus, Canens and Circe.Book 14: Macareus’ Story: Ulysses and Circe.Book 14: Achaemenides’ Story: Ulysses’ Men in Polyphemus’ Cave.Book 12: The Battle of the Lapiths and Centaurs.Book 11: Peleus at the Court of Ceyx (2).Book 11: Peleus at the Court of Ceyx (1).Book 10: Orpheus’ Song: Venus and Adonis (2).Book 10: Venus’ Story: Atalanta and Hippomenes.Book 10: Orpheus’ Song: Venus and Adonis (1).Book 10: Orpheus’ Song: The Cerastae and Propoetides.Book 8: Achelous, the Naiads and Perimele.Book 8: Meleager and the Calydonian Boar. Book 5: Calliope’s Song: Triptolemus and Lyncus.
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