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Sites about Metamorphoses
by Ovid
This fifteen-book work of Latin poetry uses Greek and Roman mythology and the theme of change to explore the role of love as an agent of transformation.
Critical sites about Metamorphoses
- The Ambrose Collection
- http://www.uvm.edu/~classics/mainpagelinks/ambrose.html
- A huge collection of images depicting scenes from the Metamorphoses, developed for a course in classics at the University of Vermont. The images are of extremely high quality and are primarily in color.
- Author: Z. Philip Ambrose
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- Ovid’s Poetology in the Metamorphoses
- http://www.utexas.edu/depts/classics/faculty/Galinsky/ovid.html
- An essay on Ovid’s poetic aims in the Metamorphoses.
- Contains: Content Analysis, Historical Context, Bibliography
- Author: Karl Galinsky
- Keywords:
- The Speech of Pythagoras in Ovid’s Metamorphoses
- http://www.utexas.edu/depts/classics/faculty/Galinsky/pythag.html
- An essay on the purpose behind Pythagoras’s speech in the poem.
- Contains: Content Analysis, Bibliography
- Author: Karl Galinsky
- Keywords:
- A Synopsis of Ovid’s Metamorphoses
- http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/classics/Course_Materials/CLA204Jen/synopsis.html
- A detailed summary of each section of the poem.
- Contains: Plot Summary
- Author: Henry T. Riley (modified by Gottskalk T. Jensson)
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Other (non-critical) sites about Metamorphoses
- The Structure of Ovid’s Metamorphoses
- http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~joef/courses/spring96/myth/metstruc.html
- A schematic layout of the plot of Ovid’s Metamorphoses, focusing on characters and events.
- Contains: Plot Summary
- Author: Joseph Farrell
- Author: Joseph Farrell
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find online version of Metamorphoses
(recent authors’ works generally not available for free):
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Metamorphoses on the About network:
About.com
Factual information on Metamorphoses:
Infoplease
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Last Updated Apr 29, 2013