referred to the work as "mostly a pale reflection of the genius that he had been." However, Ralph J. Hexter wrote in 1995 that literary critics were then "beginning to give the exile elegies a fresh look." A number of scholars have since viewed the collection favorably. It is listed among Ovid's major works by author David Malouf and scholar Matthew Woodcock. In Matthew Bunson's Encyclopedia of the Roman Empire, it is called "a powerful plea for justice." References Bibliography Ovid and His Influence; Rand, Edward Kennard (Boston, Marshall Jones Company, 1925) External links Tristia. Ex Ponto. – Latin with English translation by Arthur Leslie Wheeler (1924) - Loeb Classical Library edition English translation, five books Latin texts of Ovid Poetry by Ovid 1st-century Latin books