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The poet Ovid was cancelled in 8 AD by the Emperor Augustus and exiled from Rome to Tomis, the very edge of the Empire. While the precise cause of his banishment remains a subject of speculation, it's widely believed that

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Ovid's Metamorphoses is a masterpiece of Latin literature that explores the theme of transformation through a collection of mythological tales. One recurring motif in the epic poem is the transformation of characters into bodies of water - springs, rivers, lakes,