Over the centuries, poets have often used ancient Greece as their "muse," resulting in some of the most magnificent poems ever written.

Ovid’s playful poetry made him a favorite among Rome’s elite, but angered Emperor Augustus. Just as he was producing his finest work, Ovid (43 BC – 17 AD) was exiled to the darkest corner of ...

His name only appears once, in a poem written to him by his friend ... In 96 AD, after Domitian was murdered, Juvenal returned to Rome. With no money or career, he struggled to survive and ...

The actor resurfaced to recite the poem The Boxer by Gabriele Tinti in Rome. It includes the lines: "The more you're wounded the greater you are. And the more empty you are. They used me for their ...