Ibis (Ovid)

Ibis (Ovid)

"Ibis" is a single extant poem written in elegiac couplets by the Roman poet Ovid. In its entirety it is a vitriolic attack on a person unknown and unnamed. Throughout the poem, Ovid dwells on unsavoury punishments for the unfortunate man, and threatens him repeatedly. In one instance, for example, he threatens to haunt the man if he should die before him, and prophesies an ignoble and tormenting death at the hands of an executioner for his enemy.

It is thought that the Romans perceived the ibis as an unclean bird, hence the chosen title.


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