Ovid and the Moderns"The reasons for the conspicuous popularity of Ovidhis life as well as his worksat the turn of the new millennium bear investigation. This book speaks of the new bodies assumed in the twentieth century by the poems and tales to which Ovid gave their classic formincluding prominently the account of his own life, which has been hailed by many writers of our time as the archetype of exile. I intend to suggest some of the reasons for Ovid's appeal to