Ovid's Metamorphoses and the Traditions of Augustan Poetry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Knox, Peter E.

Series:

Proceedings of the Cambridge Philological Society

Proceedings of the Cambridge Philological Society ; v.11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Latin poetry.

Literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (105 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Havertown : Cambridge Philological Society, 2020.

Summary:

Having established his reputation as an elegist, Ovid turned to the composition of hexameter narrative. Although the Metamorphoses has often been treated as an appendix to the history of Augustan poetry, the principal lines of stylistic and thematic development continue in Ovid's work. Drawing upon the structure and content of Vergil's Sixth Eclogue, the Metamorphoses is an intricate and allusive poem that combines elements from the entire range of Roman verse composed in the Alexandrian manner. Professor Knox focuses in particular upon the contributions of elegy and epyllion, examining the manner in which Ovid exploits the diction of these genres in order to distinguish his poem from traditional epic verse. The study concludes with an investigation of the aetiological stories of the final book and the sustained evocation of Callimachus' Aetia at its close.

Contents:

Intro

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

ABBREVIATIONS

I THE BACKGROUND

II THE TRANSFORMATION OF ELEGY

III STYLE AND VARIATION

IV THE SONG OF ORPHEUS

V THE ROMAN CALLIMACHUS

APPENDIX 1: HERMANN'S BRIDGE

APPENDIX 2: POSTPOSITION OF NON-ENCLITIC PARTICLES

WORKS CITED

INDEX RERUM

INDEX LOCORUM.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781913701178

1913701174

OCLC:

1257665780