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PublisherUniversity of Michigan Press
ISBN-100472104594
ISBN-139780472104598
eBay Product ID (ePID)212917
Product Key Features
Number of Pages224 Pages
Publication NameOvid's Causes : Cosmogony and Aetiology in the Metamorphoses
LanguageEnglish
SubjectAncient / General, European / General, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Ancient & Classical, Subjects & Themes / General
Publication Year1994
TypeTextbook
AuthorK. Sara Myers
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Poetry, History
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight16 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN94-018866
Reviews". . . a highly stimulating book. It is full of interesting ideas and interpretations (too many to mention) and provides a rich and up-to-date bibliography. . . . [This] is surely the most effective account of the debt the Metamorphoses owes to its Hellenistic sources for aetiology and metamorphosis." -- Classical Review, ". . . makes a solid case for Ovid's association of the Metamorphoses with the dual traditions of cosmological epic and aetiological elegy. . . . And Myers's sensitive treatment of Ovid's manipulation of truth and fiction certainly should be welcomed by both a specialist and a general audience." -- Bryn Mawr Classical Review
Dewey Edition20
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal871/.01
SynopsisOvid's Causes offers a new reassessment of the poet's longest and most difficult poem, the Metamorphoses. This poem has long been denied epic stature because of its stylistic and thematic diversity. K. Sara Myers demonstrates that the poem must be understood as the inheritor and interpreter of the Roman tradition of cosmological epic. She situates the poem in the traditions and conventions of Roman poetry and considers the ways in which it both fulfills and overturns the expectations of the epic genre. The first and final chapters of this book examine the scientific and cosmological framework of the poem. Ovid's juxtaposition of scientific and mythological explanations is an aspect of his sophisticated manipulation of truth and fiction, and of the claims of philosophical poetry and mythological poetry. This illuminating study presents much useful material for students of Roman poetry or of Greek literary influences that profoundly influenced its development. Students and scholars of ancient poetical traditions will likewise find much of interest.
LC Classification NumberPA6519.M9M94 1994
