SOURCE: Coleman, Robert. “Structure and Intention in the Metamorphoses.” The Classical Quarterly 21, no. 2 (November 1971): 461-77.
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.
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