The "Aetas Ovidiana": the Influence of Ovid on Latin Literature in the Twelfth-century
Abstract
In the year A. D. 8 the Emperor Augustus banished P. Ovidius Naso from Rome for life, primarily, it would seem, because of the moral laxity of his poems and their consequent detrimental effect upon Roman life. While Ovid did not stop writing, nor did the reading of his works cease in Rome, his influence and popularity were on the wane. In the centuries that followed his name was not an unfamiliar one, and the writers frequently relied upon him for material, but chiefly in the area of mythology. In the last age of the empire there was little interest in his poems of love, and then later in the midst of an am- bivalence toward pagan authors in Christian circles, Ovid was one of those who suffered most.
Subject Area
Medieval literature|Literature
Recommended Citation
FOGARTY, GEORGE VINCENT, "The "Aetas Ovidiana": the Influence of Ovid on Latin Literature in the Twelfth-century" (1973). ETD Collection for Fordham University. AAI7316011.
https://research.library.fordham.edu/dissertations/AAI7316011
