Latin literature: a history
by Conte, Gian Biagio, Most, Glenn W., Fowler, Don, Solodow, Joseph B.
by Conte, Gian Biagio, Most, Glenn W., Fowler, Don, Solodow, Joseph B.
by Conte, Gian Biagio, Most, Glenn W., Solodow, Joseph B., Fowler, Don P.
by Conte, Gian Biagio, Most, Glenn W., Solodow, Joseph B., Fowler, Don P.
Synthesizing many detailed observations, this book studies the structure of Ovid's poem Metamorphoses, the role of the narrator, Ovid's treatment of myth, and the relationship between Ovid's and Virgil's presentations of Aeneas. It argues that for Ovid, metamorphosis is an act o…