Ovid's Metamorphoses
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Author
Publication
2004 - Oxford University Press, Oxford, [U.K.], New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
44,500 words, Guess
Page Count
178 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL3677188M
- ISBN-100195154096
- OCLC Control Number56414562
- OCLC Control Numberovidsmetamorphos00fant_505
- Library of Congress Control Number2003016164
and 2 more
- Goodreads252689
- LibraryThing1584368
Classifications
- DDC873/.01
- LCCPA6519.M9 F36 2004
Description
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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Series Statement
- Oxford approaches to classical literature
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