The Resume

(March 20, 430 BC- )
Birth name was Publius Ovidius Naso
Wrote ‘Metamorphoses,’ ‘Ars Amatoria,’ ‘Amores,’ ‘Heroides,’ ‘Remedium Amoris,’ ‘Medicamina Faciei Femineae,’ ‘Ibis,’ ‘Tristia,’ ‘Epistulae ex Ponto’ and ‘Fasti’

Why he might be annoying:

One critic called his poetry ‘frivolous fluff.’
He was married three times.
He ran with a wild crowd.
He was banished by Caesar Augustus, reportedly for having sex with the emperor’s wife, daughter and/or granddaughter.

Why he might not be annoying:

He is considered one of the greatest poets of Antiquity.
He wrote frankly about sex.
Some scholars think he was actually banished because he knew embarrassing secrets about the emperor’s daughter.
He missed his wife terribly after being banished.
He never saw her again.

Credit: Wieland Kalligaro

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Ancient Poets
• Ancient Times
• Ancient Times: Rome
• Dante Saw Me in Hell (Ranked: 1)
• Exiles
• Known By a Single Name
• Look at me, I'm Busted
• Look at Me, My Picture Is Art
• Poets
• Profiles 14501-14750 (Ranked: 14505)
• Satirists and Wits
• UK Guardian's Christopher Hart's Top 10 Erotic Novels [2002] (Ranked: 2)
• Wieland Kalligaro's Profiles [Series 5]

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 6 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 10 Votes: 30.0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 10 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 24 Votes: 45.83% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 32 Votes: 40.62% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 27 Votes: 59.26% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 107 Votes: 48.60% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 117 Votes: 45.30% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 138 Votes: 46.38% Annoying