Abstract: (Ovidius’ Exile. Tristia – A Tour trought Greek Mythology) Ovidius’ experience in Tomis is often an opportunity for the poet to refer to Greek mythology in his poems of exile. The purpose is at least double: a literary one, thus responding to the taste for erudition, a fashion launched by Greek Hellenistic poetry and resumed over centuries by Latin poets; the other is personal, to awaken the compassion of the readers by comparison with mythological characters considered paradigms of suffering (Odysseus, Philoctetes etc.). The study we propose concerns mainly the Tristia. Ovidius takes as allies the Greek mythology heroes to support several themes that have as a common denominator the unfortunate situation in which he arrived: the harsh weather of Pontus, and the torments that he must constantly undertake; the fear of being abandoned by his friends left in Rome; the figure of Emperor Augustus, from whom he never ceased to hope that he would receive permission to return home; the poetic talent of which he is no longer certain, but which he knows is the only thing who can provide him with immortality. These recurrent themes in the poetry of exile are frequently supported by Greek mythological references. Through Ovid’s poetry, the ancient and modern reader travels on subtle and sophisticated mythological paths.