Ovid's Metamorphoses
by Elaine Fantham · 2004
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.
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)Fables latinesHistoire et critiqueMythologie ancienne dans la litteratureMetamorphose dans la litterature