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Ovid's Metamorphoses

by Elaine Fantham

Fables, LatinHistory and criticismLatin FablesMetamorphosis in literatureMythology, Classical, in literatureOvid, 43 b.c.-17 a.d. or 18 a.d.Latin literature, history and criticismMetamorphoses (Ovidius)

This introduction to Ovid's Metamorphoses considers how Ovid defined and shaped his narrative, its cultural context, and its vivid depictions of the cruelty of jealous gods, the pathos of human love, and the imaginative fantasy of flight, monsters, magicand illusion.

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Book data: Open Library