Metamorphoses writer (4)
I believe the answer is:
ovid
'metamorphoses writer' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for ovid that I've seen before include "Vi, do read the Latin poet" , "Roman poet, d. about AD17" , "Roman poet exiled by Augustus to Tomi on the Black Sea, where he died, AD 17" , "Latin poet (Ars amatoria, Metamorphoses)" , "Roman love poet" .)