Metamorphoses (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Ovid
- First Published: 8
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Genres: Poetry, Mythological literature, Narrative poetry
- Subjects: Mythology or myths, Europe or Europeans, Literature, Poetry or poets, Flowers, Legends, Birds, Entertaining or entertainers, Greek or Roman times, Greece or Greek people, Metamorphosis or transmogrification, Ear
- Locales: Greece, ancient, Roman Empire, Realms of the gods
Critical Evaluation:
Metamorphoses is generally conceded to be Ovid’s finest work. In this collection of poems, Ovid managed to draw together artistically most of the stories of Greek and Roman legend. He rendered more than two hundred of the myths of the ancient world into an organic work whose unifying theme was that of transformation. Thus Jove changed himself into a swan, Narcissus was transformed into a flower, Tereus was turned into a bird, and Midas was given the ears of an ass. Ovid arranged these stories into fifteen books, containing in the original Latin...
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