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Ovid

43 BC - 17

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Publius Ovidius Naso, deutsch kurz Ovid [ˀoˈviːt] (* 20. März 43 v. Chr. in Sulmo; † wohl 17 n. Mehr auf Wikipedia lesen

His biography is available in 134 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 133 in 2024). Ovid is the 21st most popular schriftsteller (up from 25th in 2024), the 34th most popular biography from Italy (down from 25th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Italian Schriftsteller.

Ovid is most famous for his epic poem Metamorphoses, which tells the stories of how the world and its people came to be.

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Among Schriftstellers

Among schriftstellers, Ovid ranks 21 out of 7,302Before him are Jules Verne, Virgil, Molière, Miguel de Cervantes, Jean-Paul Sartre, and T. S. Eliot. After him are Alexandre Dumas, Albert Camus, Hesiod, Anton Chekhov, Rumi, and Petrarch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 43 BC, Ovid ranks 1After him is Iullus Antonius. Among people deceased in 17, Ovid ranks 1After him are Livy, Gaius Julius Hyginus, Thusnelda, Archelaus of Cappadocia, and Antiochus III of Commagene.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Ovid ranks 34 out of 5,161Before him are Caravaggio (1571), Pope Pius IX (1792), Marcus Aurelius (121), Sandro Botticelli (1445), Nero (37), and Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (1768). After him are Pope Pius XI (1857), Petrarch (1304), Amerigo Vespucci (1454), Geta (189), Caligula (12), and Pope Pius X (1835).

Among Schriftstellers In Italy

Among schriftstellers born in Italy, Ovid ranks 3Before him are Dante Alighieri (1265), and Virgil (-70). After him are Petrarch (1304), Giovanni Boccaccio (1313), Horace (-65), Umberto Eco (1932), Giacomo Casanova (1725), Giorgio Vasari (1511), Cato the Elder (-243), Carlo Collodi (1826), and Plautus (-254).

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