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Document Details : Title: The Family Relationships of Ovid's Third Wife Subtitle: A Reconsideration Author(s): LEWIS, Anne-Marie Journal: Ancient Society Volume: 43 Date: 2013 Pages: 151-189 DOI: 10.2143/AS.43.0.2992608 Abstract : An analysis of the paternal, maternal, and prior marital relationships of Ovid’s third wife, which are mentioned in Ovid’s exilic poems, supports the hypothesis that Ovid’s third wife was the daughter of Paullus Fabius Maximus, the niece of Ser. Sulpicius Rufus the poet, and the former wife of Pompeius Macer. Through marriage to his third wife, Ovid reinforced his connections to important literary, social, and political figures in Rome. These connections ultimately failed him when he tried to employ them in his efforts to ameliorate the conditions of his relegatio. |
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