Ovid: Metamorphoses Book XIV - Rilegato

Ovid

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ISBN 10: 0521810256 ISBN 13: 9780521810258

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2009

Riassunto

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.

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'The necessarily limited scope of Cambridge's green and yellow' commentary series means that information is throughout concisely conveyed, yet rarely at the expense of full argumentation or at the risk of confusing the reader. Indeed, Myers' commentary keeps its readers' interests in mind to an admirable degree.' Journal of Classical Philology

Descrizione del libro:

In the penultimate book of his epic Metamorphoses, Ovid continues his literary challenge to Virgil's Aeneid, narrating erotic adventures from early Italian myth and scenes from early Roman history through Romulus' reign. This commentary is designed for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, but will also interest scholars of Latin literature.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0521810256
• ISBN 13: 9780521810258
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 248
• Redattore: Myers K. Sara