In Book XIV of the Metamorphoses Ovid takes his epic for the first time into Italy and continues from book XIII his close intertextual engagement with Virgil's Aeneid. His tendentious treatment of his model subordinates Virgil's epic plot to fantastic tales of metamorphosis, including the erotic Italian tales of Circe Glaucus, and Scylla, and Picus, and Canens. Other Roman myths include Pomona and Vertumnus, as well as events from Romulus' reign. The deifications of Aeneas and Romulus anticipate the poem's closing episodes of imperial apotheosis. This commentary provides guidance to advanced undergraduate and graduate students for understanding Ovid's language, style, artistry, and allusive techniques. The introduction discusses the major structures, themes, and stylistic features of book XIV, its place within the poem as a whole, and Ovid's interpretive imitation of Virgil's Aeneid.
| ISBN: | 9780521810258 |
| Publication date: | 24th December 2009 |
| Author: | Ovid |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 248 pages |
| Series: | Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval |
In Book XIV of the Metamorphoses Ovid takes his epic for the first time into Italy and continues from book XIII his close intertextual engagement with Virgil's Aeneid. His tendentious treatment of his model subordinates Virgil's epic plot to fantastic tales of metamorphosis, including the erotic Italian tales of Circe Glaucus, and Scylla, and Picus, and Canens. Other Roman myths include Pomona and Vertumnus, as well as events from Romulus' reign. The deifications of Aeneas and Romulus anticipate the poem's closing episodes of imperial apotheosis. This commentary provides guidance to advanced undergraduate and graduate students for understanding Ovid's language, style, artistry, and allusive techniques. The introduction discusses the major structures, themes, and stylistic features of book XIV, its place within the poem as a whole, and Ovid's interpretive imitation of Virgil's Aeneid.
Ovid: Metamorphoses Book XIV features in the following genres: Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval
Ovid: Metamorphoses Book XIV is available in Paperback, Hardback
Ovid: Metamorphoses Book XIV was written by Ovid and published by Cambridge University Press
Ovid: Metamorphoses Book XIV has 248 pages
Yes it is part of Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics series
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