Ovid As An Epic PoetCambridge University Press, 1966 - 411 páginas In his study of the structure of Ovid's Metamorphoses, Professor Otis shows that the real unity of the poem is to be sought not in the linkage but in the order or succession of episodes, motifs and ideas. The poem is nothing less than what Ovid called it, a carmen perpetuum, a narrative poem with a real continuity achieved by a gradual shift of emotional emphasis through a long series of episodes arranged in an elaborate pattern. For this second edition of his study of the Metamorphoses, originally published in 1970, Professor Otis has written a new concluding chapter. He also takes account of the constructive reviews of the first edition and a number of important books that had been published in the years following its publication. Further, he has removed what had emerged as some ambiguities in his conclusions and made some correction of emphasis to his judgements. |
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Actaeon action actual Aeneas Aeneid Alcyone already amatory amor Augustan becomes beginning Book Byblis Callimachus central Cephalus certainly Ceyx character clear clearly comedy concerned continuity contrast course Daphne death deliberately detail divine effect elegiac emotion emphasis epic episodes especially essential evident example fact father feelings final follows force give gods hand Hercules hero heroic Homer human important introduced Iphis Juno Jupiter least libido lines major means Medea metamorphosis miracle motif Myrrha narrative nature neoteric Niobe Nonnus obviously once original Ovid Ovid's Ovidian panel passion pathos Perseus Phaethon poem Procne Procris punishment Pygmalion reason Roman Rome scene Scylla seems seen sense separate short soliloquy sources speech story style Tereus theme theodicy thing Tiresias tone tragedy tragic transition true turn vengeance Virgil wanted whole