Ovid

Name: Ovid
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9780521007931
Price: 5800 KES
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ISBN: 9780521007931

by Ovid

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Format Paperback / softback

Book Series Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics

ISBN-10 0521007933

ISBN-13 9780521007931

Publisher Cambridge University Press

Imprint Cambridge University Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Dec 24th, 2009

Print length 248 Pages

Weight 326 grams

Dimensions 21.60 x 14.00 x 1.20 cms

Product Classification: Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval Literary studies: classical, early & medieval

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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.

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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