The Death of Procris: "amor" and the Hunt in Ovid's Metamorphoses

action activity Adonis amator amatory amor analysis animal Apollo appearance aspect associations Aurora beauty becomes beloved Callisto Cephalus Chapter chase close common complex concept concern constitutes context contrast conventional conversion course Cupid Daphne death desire Diana discussion Echo effect episode erotic examples existence expectations express fact figure final function goddess hand hunter hunting huntress husband identity important initial interpretation inversion kind less lines lover major male meaning Meleager Metamorphoses motif Narcissus narrative narrator nature norm nymph once opposition Ovid Ovid's Ovidian passage passion physical poem poet poetic position present prey Procris reader reference rejection relation remains respect role Salmacis scene seems sense sexual signifier story structure tale tion topos transformation turn underlying venatio venator Venus virgin virtus wife woods wound