This author described how, "instead of the wolf, the timid sheep are in dread of war," in a poem highlighting the paltryfortifiÂcations of his town. One poem by this author describes an unreadable document blotted with tears, yet says that "tears,too, have none the less the weight of words." This poet wrote that "as many as the birds that beat the thin atmosphere withtheir wings, by so many adver
This author described how, "instead of the wolf, the timid sheep are in dread of war," in a poem highlighting the paltryfortifiÂcations of his town. One poem by this author describes an unreadable document blotted with tears, yet says that "tears,too, have none the less the weight of words." This poet wrote that "as many as the birds that beat the thin atmosphere withtheir wings, by so many adversities am I overwhelmed" in Book Five of one of his collections. He wrote a poem whose speakerinstructs a woman to drink from a glass of wine and then have it sent back, as part of a secret code at a dinner party. This poetcraftfted an extended metaphor likening every lover to a soldier in a book detailing his personal love aair with Corinna. Thisauthor wrote another collection in which Oenone, Briseis, and Penelope are among the spurned women who address lettersto their lovers. For 10 points, name this Roman poet of the Heroides and Amores, who, in his Tristia, laments being exiled toTomis on the Black Sea.
This author described how, "instead of the wolf, the timid sheep are in dread of war," in a poem highlighting the paltryfortifiÂcations of his town.
Ovid [or Publius Ovidius Naso]