The Use of Direct Speech in Ovid's Metamorphoses ...

1There accompany action addressed answer appear arguments avoid battle scenes begins carry chapters Chap character clause closely commands common compared considered contain conversation course decision describe detail dialogue direct discussion dixit effect emotion entirely entreaty epic episode examples exception exhortations expression fact five followed four frequently give given greeting immediately important included indicated instances interrupt introduced laments length less lines listed long narrative speeches merely messenger Metamorphoses monologues mortal narrator natural necessary never occur once oratio obliqua oratio recta Ovid passages person plot poem possible prayers preceding present prophecy question reader reason receive reply request sentence short similar simple situation sometimes speaker speeches occur spoken story suggests tell threats three instances tion told treatment types unusual usually verb of saying viii xiii