Ovid was a strange one, he seems to purposely challenge the contemporary values and morals at the time. He was constantly pushing the envelope to see what exactly he could get away with. He was basically the South Park of his time.
If Ovid was around today we would probably be a big fan of South Park and the American Pie movies. The American Pie series was just a set of movies where they were saying, "Ok let's see exactly how disgusting this movie can be and if we get away with it, then we're gonna keep making them."
Of course I think Ovid was banished for his racy writings. I guess Augustus Caesar wasn't ready for South Park. No wonder the Roman Empire fell they just weren't ready for South Park.
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