Film
Ovid: The Poet and the Emperor
2017 · 1h · Documentary
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Overview
Michael Wood explores the life, works and influence of one of the world's greatest storytellers who died 2,000 years ago. When an Elizabethan literary critic said that the witty soul of Ovid lived on in 'honey tongued Shakespeare', they were just stating the obvious. Ovid, everyone knew, was simply the most clever, sexy and funny poet in the western tradition. His Metamorphoses, it has often been said, is the most influential secular book in European literature.
Cast
Crew
- Rebecca DobbsDirector
Details
- Release date
- November 16, 2017
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h
- Genres
- Documentary
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