<DescrizioneBreve>Ovid occupies a special place among the great poets of the Latin world for the size and variety of his literary production and his role in handing down the great tradition of classical mythology. Ovid was the interpreter, and at times the creator, of eternal figures such as dual- natured Hermaphroditus, emblematic Narcissus, arrogant Niobe who challenged the gods, and impulsive Phaethon, victim of his own audacity.