Epistulae ex Ponto (Letters from the Black Sea) is a work of Ovid, in four books. It is especially important for our knowledge of Scythia Minor in his time. Map of the Black Sea. ... Engraved frontispiece of George Sandyss 1632 London edition of Publius Ovidus Naso, (Sulmona, March 20, 43 BC â€“ Tomis, now Constanta AD 17) Roman poet known to the English-speaking world as Ovid, wrote on topics of love, abandoned women, and mythological transformations. ... Schythia Minor was in ancient times the region sorrounded by Danube at north and west and the Black Sea at east, corresponding to todays Dobruja (a part in Romania and a smaller part in Bulgaria). ...