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"Heu! quam difficile est crimen non prodere vultu!"
MetamorphosesAurea prima sata est aetas, quae vindice nullo, — Metamorphoses
"Aurea prima sata est aetas, quae vindice nullo, sponte sua, sine lege fidem rectumque colebat."
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The Metamorphoses is a Latin narrative poem from 8 CE by the Roman poet Ovid. It is considered his magnum opus. The poem chronicles the history of the world from its creation to the deification of Julius Caesar in a mythico-historical framework comprising over 250 myths, 15 books, and 11,995 lines.
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