Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—O

Ovid

The French Ovid. Du Bellay, one of the Pleiad poets; also called the “father of grace and elegance.” (1524-1560.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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