Ovid's Metamorphoses (el. knyga) (skaityta knyga) | Elaine Fantham | knygos.lt

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Oxford Approaches to Classical Literature (Series Editors: Kathleen Coleman & Richard Rutherford) introduces individual works of Greek & Latin literature to readers who are approaching them for the 1st time. Each volume sets the work in its literary & historical context, & aims to offer a balanced & engaging assessment of its content, artistry & purpose. A brief survey of the influence of the work upon subsequent generations is included to demonstrate its enduring relevance & power. All quotations from the original are translated.
Ovid's Metamorphoses have been seen as both the culmination of & a revolution in the classical epic tradition, transferring narrative interest from war to love & fantasy. This introduction considers how Ovid found & 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 & the imaginative fantasy of flight, monsters, magic & illusion. Elaine Fantham introduces the reader not only to this marvelous & complex narrative poem, but to the Greek & Roman traditions behind Ovid's tales of transformation & a selection of the images & texts that it inspired.