Both Ovid and Virgil were talented writers of the first century BC. They are both known for creating amazing literary works that are still appreciated today. Since two talented Roman writers lived at the same time and in the same region, is it possible that they met at some point? Are their lives similar or different? What about their writing style? Understanding how Ovid lived, how Virgil lived, and their writing styles will answer these questions. Publius Ovidius Naso was a simple man from Sulmo, a small town about 90 miles east of Rome. Later, his father sent him and his older brother to Rome for better education. In Rome, Ovid also studied rhetoric under some of the best teachers he had access to. Ovid was considered among his teachers to be a remarkable orator, but his father neglected his natural talent for writing verse, so he had to lead a more public life. He first stayed for a while in Athens, then went to Asia and Sicily. “He then held a few minor judicial posts, the first rungs of the official ladder, but he soon decided that public life was not suitable for him. From then on, he abandoned his official career to cultivate poetry and the society of poets. works: Epistolae Heroidum, or the Medicamina faciei, the Ars amatoria and the Remedia amoris. All of these works reflected a brilliant, elegant, pleasure-seeking culture in which he operated. The common theme of his early poems is love and romantic deception, but they are unlikely to reflect Ovid's own life. Of his three marriages, the first two were brief. But his third wife remained constant to him until middle of paper... transformation played a role. The stories are told in order from the creation of the universe to the death and deification of Julius Caesar. In many stories, mythological characters are used to demonstrate obedience or disobedience to the gods, and for their actions they are either rewarded or punished by transformation into an animal, plant, object, etc. The essential theme of the poem is passion. , gives it more unity than the other framing devices used by the poet. Ovid arrived at Tomis, his place of exile, in 9 AD. In Tomis, there was a lack of books and civilized people, little Latin was spoken and the atmosphere was harsh. In his solitude and misery, Ovid turns to poetry. The Tristia and Epistulae ex Ponto were composed and sent to Rome a year from AD 9. They consist of messages addressed to the emperor, Ovid's wife and his friends describing his miseries..