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Metamorphoses Links METAMORPHOSES GENERAL Synopsis of Ovid's Metamorphoses Latin Epic: The Style of the Metamorphoses Structure of Metamorphoses Who's Who in the Metamorphoses* Outline of Metamorphoses *Greek Mythology Link: The Metamorphoses   COMMENTARIES/CRITICISM Iliadic Echoes in Ovid's Phaethon Anderson's Metamorphoses Books 1-5 Ovid Project: Metamorphosing the Metamorphoses Ovid: A Roman View of Myth - Study Guide ROMAN MYTH:  http://grog.lab2.cc.wmich.edu/johnsorh/Myth/ovid1.html LOVE STORIES:  http://grog.lab2.cc.wmich.edu/johnsorh/Myth/ovid2.html TROJAN WAR:  http://grog.lab2.cc.wmich.edu/johnsorh/Myth/ovid3.html http://grog.lab2.cc.wmich.edu/johnsorh/Myth/ovid5.html     SPECIFIC BOOKS and STORIES Ovid's Metamorphoses books 1-5 Daedalus and Icarus The Flood: Greek Mythology Link Envy: Greek Mythology Link Torrey's Dialogue with Daphne Haikus   OVID'S LIFE Safe Haven: Ovid    Brief Bio   IMAGES: COLLECTIONS The Classic Text: Ovid     Large Ovid Project: Bauer Engravings Woodcuts and Engravings of Ovid's Metamorphoses *Metamorphoses: The Ambrose Collection Slides Ovid Project Sandys 1640 Edition Virgillian Sites (Locations in Virgil)   IMAGES: SPECIFIC Daedalus and Icarus Bernini: Apollo and Daphne Sculpture Tiopolo: Apollo and Daphne Poussin: Apollo and Daphne Woodcut: Apollo and Daphne Bernini: Rape of Proserpine sculpture Bernini: Rape of Proserpine Boucher: Leda and the Swan Coreggio: Leda and the Swan Coreggio: Jupiter and Io Poussin: Echo and Narcissus Caravaggio: Narcissus Waterhouse: Echo and Narcissus Rubens: Perseus and Andromeda Waterhouse: Thisbe Waterhouse: Pandora     LINKS AND BIBLIOGRAPHIES Metamorphoses Links Ovid Links at Nobles Ovid Links (numerous, but German site)   OVID: AMORES and ART OF LOVE Study Guide for Art of Love Ovid Amores Online Commentary      also http://www.cofc.edu/~fennoj/RomCiv/OvAmor.htm Woman's Guide to Art of Love Ovid Amores II Review Ovid Amores I, viii (Dipsas)     OTHER INFORMATION Classics Mailing List Ovid Mailing List by Thread Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Latin Literature Roman Background    ROMAN MYTH SITES (there are also many greek myth sites on the Net - too many to list here!) Gods and Goddesses of Rome Roman vs. Greek Deities Forum Romanum: Dictionary of Myth Encyclopedia Mythica: Roman Roman Myth Quiz Roman Legends Greek-Latin Correspondences Powell's Classical Myth Companion Web Site Quiz on Roman Gods (self-scoring) Etruscan Religion and Myth Roman Religion   ROMAN HISTORY and ROMAN LIFE Roman timeframe  Ancient Roman history timeline  Roman history timeline Roman Virtues Roman Virtus Roman Etruscan Fashion Rome: General Resources Gateway to 1440 Roman Sites

Books for Purchase  METAMORPHOSES TO PURCHASE *Metamorphoses translated by Mandelbaum (above highly recommended by Torrey; beautiful translation)  Metamorphoses translated by Melville (Oxford Classics) Metamorphoses translated by Innes (Penguin) Metamorphoses books 1-8  translated by Miller (Loeb) Metamorphoses books 9-15  translated by Miller (Loeb) Metamorphoses translated by Boer   BOOKS SELECTIONS *Tales from Ovid translated by Hughes Choice of Ovid selections by Kennedy Ovid’s Metamorphoses  Books 1-5 (Anderson)   BOOKS COMMENTARIES After Ovid: New Metamorphoses  (Contemporary Renditions) The Face of Nature: Wit, Narrative, Cosmic Origins MythQuest Discussions PARTICIPANTS Morgana Flavius - Lusinda Lupus - Torrey Philemon  Phya Artistides  -  Aurora Inca  -   Nimue Cormac  Flavius Horatius - Myrrhine Philemon - MORE TO COME!  THEMES TO DISCUSS FIRST MEETING  Suggested by Lusinda -Love as an agent of metamorphoses  -Is metamorphosis different for men and women?  -Treatment of Death as reincarnation  -The curse of jealousy  Asked by Phya: -Would Romans have believed Creation myths?  Mentioned by Aurora: -Ovid's references to astronomy  -Comparison Ovid's flood and Biblical flood  Mentioned by Flavius Horatius -Ovid's humor  -Ovid's attitude toward the gods  Mentioned by Morgana:  -Aesthetic value -as a literary work of art  -Sources on Roman's beliefs, alternative belief systems  -What sort of feeling it could possible have brought to the  audiences, not only at Ovid's time, but throughout the ages  -The psychological insights we may get from it today  (taking into consideration our own present cultural background). Asked by Torrey: -The bones of the mother (already discussed)  -Romans' belief in the gods  -On metamorphoses and transformation  -On crimes and punishments  -Significance of rape and victimization  -The myths and dreams of the collective psyche  -Personal psychological insights gained    GO TO: Themis (Deucalion and Pyrrha)    Medusa Metamorphoses Translation Comparisons Phaethon  and Phaethon translations Ovid Translations - Books 1-3 Ovid Chat Transcript I - Books 1-3 Ovid Chat Transcript II - Books 3-4 Ovid Chat Transcript III - Books 4-5 Ovid Chat Transcript IV - Books 5-6 Ovid Chat Transcript V - Book 7 Ovid Chat Transcript VI - Book 8 Ovid Chat Transcript VII - Book 9 Ovid Chat Transcript VIII - Book 10-11 Ovid Chat Transcript IX - Book 12-13 Ovid Chat Transcript X - Book 13-14 Ovid Chat Transcript XI - Book 14-15 Ovid Amores Transcript XII Ovid Art of Love Transcript XIII   BACK TO Torrey Philemon's Web Page Index

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