Metamorphoses Summary
Ovid

Biography EssayOvid, first poet of the new age of Imperial Rome, died in A.D. 17 at the Greek settlement of Tomi on the western shore of the Black Sea. Most of what is known of his life derives from h... Read more

Ovid, first poet of the new age of Imperial Rome, died in A.D. 17 at the Greek settlement of Tomi on the western shore of the Black Sea. Most of what is known of his life derives from his poem Tristia... Read more

In the following essay, Wortham focuses on Golding's translations of Calvin and his translations of histories, highlighting Golding's place in the history of English translations. Wortha... Read more

In the following excerpt, Braden compares Golding's Metamorphosis to other translations of Ovid's poetry to demonstrate how Golding's version reflects—and does not reflect&... Read more

In the following essay, Lyne suggests that Golding not only translated the Metamorphoses into the English language, but also appropriated the stories into English culture. Lyne contends that through t... Read more

In the following essay, Tissol compares Ovid's story of Aeneas in the Metamorphoses to Virgil's Aeneid. ταράσσει τ;... Read more

In the following essay, Wheeler argues that Ovid's description of the winds in the Metamorphoses as ungoverned by a controlling power is drawn from Lucretius' De Rerum Natura, and is in ... Read more

In the following essay, Johnson examines the significance of Venus' role in the rape of Prosperine as it is related in the Metamorphoses. The fifth book, and with it the first third, of Ovid... Read more

In the following essay, Barolsky explores the relationship between the content of the Metamorphoses and the aesthetic of transformation in visual arts during the Renaissance. The story of Italian R... Read more

In the following excerpt, McKinley examines how Ovid uses female characters' monologues, and mythological allusions to amplify the ways male character and psychology can be represented in liter... Read more

In the following essay, Colton offers a close textual comparison of the Baucis and Philemon story as it is narrated in the Metamorphoses and in La Fontaine's adaptation. One of the most char... Read more

In the following essay, Coleman argues that the placement of the stories in the Metamorphoses creates structural unity in the poem and establishes an anti-heroic, anti-Augustan theme. Ovid's... Read more

In the following essay, McMahon argues that Aragon, one of Portia's suitors in The Merchant of Venice is a reconfiguration of Ovid's Narcissus. When Arragon opens the silver casket in... Read more

In the following essay, Huot compares sections of the Metamorphoses and the Romance of the Rose, arguing there is an inter-textual relationship between the two works. In a fifty-two-line interpolat... Read more

In the following essay, Mowat detects the presence of classical myths from Ovid's Metamorphoses as structuring principles in Shakespeare's plays Titus Andronicus and The Merchant of Veni... Read more

From reading The Metamorphoses Ovid it was very evident that the Metamorphoses is a complete myth and includes descriptive examples of all functions in each and every myth. Though the Metamorphoses ha... Read more

The goddess Diana (also known as Artemis) is the virgin huntress and the goddess of the moon. She is known for her virtue of eternal virginity and for being unapproachable and distant. Those wh... Read more

Metamorphoses Book Notes is a free study guide on Metamorphoses by Ovid. Browse the summary below:   Author Biography / Context of the Work   One-Page Plot Summary   Character Des... Read more