Ovid Quotes
Presents, believe me, seduce both men and gods.
Ovid. The Art of Love, and Other Poems. Translated by J.H. Mozley, Harvard University Press, 1929, p. 165.
Statement to Eurylochus who had fallen in love with a prostitute, Telesippa who would not agree to be his mistress. He asked the assistance of Alexander who was then the most powerful man in the world. However, Alexander’s limited means that could be utilized is one of the many illustrations of his respect for people and customs as more important than the whims of the rulers.
Publius Ovidius Naso, known as Ovid (/ˈɒvɪd/) in the English-speaking world, was a Roman poet who lived during the reign of Augustus. He was a contemporary of the older Virgil and Horace with whom he is often ranked as one of the three canonical poets of Latin literature. The Imperial scholar Quintilian considered him the last of the Latin love elegists. He enjoyed enormous popularity, but, in one of the mysteries of literary history, he was sent by Augustus into exile in a remote province on the Black Sea, where he remained until his death. Ovid himself attributes his exile to carmen et error, "a poem and a mistake", but his discretion in discussing the causes has resulted in much speculation among scholars.
