In the first poem in a co
In the first poem in a collection, this writer joked that he had been preparing to write of weapons and wars until a god stole away a foot. This poet imitated Callimachus in writing a 644- line curse poem against a pseudonymous title character. This poet promised that "nor fire nor sword nor the devouring ages can destroy" his work in the epilogue of a poem that relates Pythagorean philosophy in its fifteenth and final book. Only six books survive of his prospective twelve-book poem explaining festivals like the Lupercalia. This poet of Ibis gave voice to spurned heroines in his Heroides and versified the Roman calendar in the Fasti. For 10 points, name this Latin poet of the Metamorphoses.
In the first poem in a collection, this writer joked that he had been preparing to write of weapons and wars until a god stole away a foot.
Ovid [or Publius Ovidius Naso]