Fantham, Elaine.

Ovid's Metamorphoses / Elaine Fantham. - Oxford, [U.K.] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004. - xii, 178 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. - Oxford approaches to classical literature .

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Transforming bodies, transforming epic -- Creation, flood, and fire -- Cadmus and the tragic dynasty of Thebes -- Human artistry and divine jealousy -- The lives of women -- Aspects of love -- Heroes-old style and new -- Fantasy, the fabulous and the miraculous metamorphoses of nature -- Genre and narrative : Ovid's polymorphous poem -- After Ovid.

0195154096 (Cloth) 019515410X (Paper)

2003016164


Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D. Metamorphoses.


Fables, Latin--History and criticism.
Mythology, Classical, in literature.
Metamorphosis in literature.

PA6519.M9 / F36 2004

873/.01

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