Ovid: Metamorphoses Book XIII

The Latin text, with an Introduction and full commentary, of Book XIII of Ovid's Metamorphoses.

Ovid (Author), Neil Hopkinson (Edited by)

9780521556200, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 2 November 2000

264 pages, 1 map
18.6 x 12.4 x 2.5 cm, 0.28 kg

'This edition of, and commentry on, Book XIII of Ovid's Metamorphoses ...strikes me as particularly satisfactory and commendable... There are very few things I miss here...' Arctos

Book XIII of Ovid's Metamorphoses presents a wide variety of brilliant episodes, from the rhetorically charged contest between Ulysses and Ajax over the arms of Achilles, to the tragic tale of Hecuba and her gruesome revenge, to the amusing story of Polyphemus' unrequited love for Galatea and its bloody conclusion. This edition discusses in detail Ovid's treatment of his sources and sets out the ways in which he has adapted earlier literature as material for his novel work. Guidance is offered on points of language and style, and the Introduction treats in general terms the themes of metamorphosis and the structure of the poem as a whole.

Introduction: 1. Metamorphosis
2. Structure and themes
3. Lines 1-398: the Judgment of Arms
4. Lines 408-571: Hecuba
5. Lines 576-622: Memnon
6. Lines 632-704: Anius and his daughters
7. Lines 13.730-14.222: Acis, Galatea and Polyphemus
Scylla, Glaucus and Circe
The text and apparatus criticus
P. Ovidi Nasonis Metamorphoseon Liber Tertivs Decimvs
Commentary.

Subject Areas: Literary studies: classical, early & medieval [DSBB]