Ovid (43 BC-17 AD) - Ovids Metamorphosis in Italian
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Ovids Metamorphoses has remained one of the most recognisable works of mythology since it was written two thousand years ago. It is a comprehensive collection of stories from Roman mythology, many of them adapted from Greek originals, from the creation of the world to through to the deification of Julius Caesar in 42BC. Its popularity continued through the medieval period and into the Renaissance and beyond, influencing authors such as Geoffrey Chaucer, Dante Alighieri and William Shakespeare. Illustrated
This book aims to show the metamorphic nature of Ovid's reception in twentieth century Italian literature. It is a study of the aesthetic effects of
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Ovid's 'metamorphoses' in Twentieth Century Italian Literature (Bibliothek Der Klassischen Altertumswissenschaften, 2. Reihe)
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Ovid - World History Encyclopedia
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Metamorphoses of ovid hi-res stock photography and images - Page 3 - Alamy
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Ovid - Wikipedia
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Ovid (43 BC-17 AD) - Ovids Metamorphosis in Italian
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Ovid, Methamorphoseos vulgare
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Changing shapes: the art of Metamorphosis
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Ovid metamorphoses hi-res stock photography and images - Page 2 - Alamy
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Ovid, Metamorphoses, 3.511-733 - 3. The Metamorphoses: A Literary Monstrum - Open Book Publishers