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Zusatztext A beautifully written, undogmatic, and thoroughly sound introduction to the Metamorphoses.... This is a book that can be heartily recommended to students and colleagues in other fields who want a sympathetic guide and sharp-eyed observer of Ovid's strengths to help them enjoy every bit of the work. Informationen zum Autor Elaine Fantham is Giger Professor Emerita of Latin at Princeton University. Klappentext Ovid's Metamorphoses have been seen as both the culmination of and a revolution in the classical epic tradition, transferring narrative interest from war to love and fantasy. This introduction considers how Ovid found and shaped his narrative from the creation of the world to his own sophisticated times, illustrating the cruelty of jealous gods, the pathos of human love, and the imaginative fantasy of flight, monsters, magic, and illusion. Elaine Fantham introduces the reader not only to this marvelous and complex narrative poem, but to the Greek and Roman traditions behind Ovid's tales of transformation and a selection of the images and texts that it inspired. Zusammenfassung This introduction considers how Ovid defined and shaped his narrative 'Metamorphoses', 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, magic, and illusion. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Transforming Bodies, Transforming Epic 2: Creation, Flood and Fire 3: Cadmus and the Tragic Dynasty of Thebes 4: Human Artistry and Divine Jealousy 5: The Lives of Women 6: Aspects of Love 7: Heroes - Old Style and New 8: Fantasy, the Fabulous and the Miraculous Metamorphoses of Nature 9: Genre and Narrative: Ovid's Polymorphous Poem 10: After Ovid Appendix 1: Ovid's Poetical works Appendix 2: Outline of the Metamorphoses
