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Ovid, Metamorphoses 3.511-733
Other Titles: Latin text with introduction, commentary, vocabulary aid, and study questions
Authors: Michalopoulos, Charilaos N., trans.-ed.
Gildenhard, Ingo
Zissos, Andrew
Subject: HUMANITIES AND ARTS > ARTS AND LETTERS > PHILOLOGY > LITERATURE > AUTHORS > POETS
HUMANITIES AND ARTS > ARTS AND LETTERS > PHILOLOGY > LITERARY FORMS AND GENRES > CLASSICAL LITERATURE
HUMANITIES AND ARTS > ARTS AND LETTERS > PHILOLOGY > LITERARY FORMS AND GENRES > POETRY > ANCIENT POETRY
HUMANITIES AND ARTS > ARTS AND LETTERS > PHILOLOGY > LITERARY FORMS AND GENRES > POETRY > EPIC POETRY
HUMANITIES AND ARTS > ARTS AND LETTERS > PHILOLOGY > NATIONAL LITERATURES > EUROPEAN LITERATURE > LATIN LITERATURE
HUMANITIES AND ARTS > ARTS AND LETTERS > PHILOLOGY > CLASSICAL PHILOLOGY
HUMANITIES AND ARTS > ARTS AND LETTERS > PHILOLOGY > CLASSICAL PHILOLOGY > LATIN PHILOLOGY
Keywords:
Ovid
Metamorphoses
Metamorphosis
Thebes
Bacchus/Dionysus
Pentheus
Augustan poetry
Acoetes
Rome
Commentary
Worship of Bacchus/Dionysus
Latin epic poetry
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Abstract:
In the third book of his Metamorphoses, Ovid focuses on the city of Thebes, its mythical founder, Cadmus, and the ominous adventures of his offspring. Lines 511-733 narrate the conflict between Pentheus, the young prince of Thebes, who adamantly opposes to the introduction of the worship of Dionysus in his city, and Acoetes, a captive who tries in vain to warn Pentheus about the dangers of his rejection of the god. Acoetes, who is most likely none other than Dionysus himself in disguise, recounts the miraculous transformation of his Tyrrhenian companions into dolphins by the god as a punishment for their disrespect towards him. Unfortunately, Pentheus, failing to give due attention to Acoetes' cautionary tale, meets a tragic death at the hands of the raging maenads on Mount Cithaeron. Ingo Gildenhard, Professor of Classical Philology at King’s College, University of Cambridge, and Andrew Zissos, Professor of Classical Philology at the University of California, Irvine, offer a modern commentary on this particular section of Ovid's Metamorphoses. The six chapters of the Introduction provide the reader with a clear and accessible discussion of broader topics related to Ovid’s life, work, and era, as well as more specialized subjects like the generic peculiarity of the Metamorphoses, intertextuality, characterization, and even aspects of Roman religion. The main commentary is organized into chapters based on the content of Ovid’s narrative, each of which includes the Latin text, vocabulary, comprehension questions, interpretative comments (covering a wide range of grammatical, syntactical, metrical, stylistic, content, and ideology), topics for further discussion, and a bibliography. The commentary is complete with a chapter on Latin metrics, a glossary of rhetorical terms and syntactical structures, and an extensive bibliography.
Linguistic Editors: Chioti, Alexandra
Graphic Editors: Bouroutzi, Stella
Type: Undergraduate textbook
Creation Date: 19-02-2024
Item Details:
ISBN 978-618-228-206-9
License: Attribution - NonCommercial - ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.57713/kallipos-440
Handle http://hdl.handle.net/11419/12570
Bibliographic Reference: Michalopoulos, C., Gildenhard, I., & Zissos, A. (2024). Ovid, Metamorphoses 3.511-733 [Undergraduate textbook]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://dx.doi.org/10.57713/kallipos-440
Language: Greek
Consists of:
1. Ovid and his era
2. Ovid’s literary progression: from elegy to epic poetry
3. The Metamorphoses: a literary monstrum
4. Ovid’s Theban narrative
5. The set text: Pentheus and Bacchus
6. The Bacchanalia and roman culture
7. Ovid, Metamorphoses 3.511-526: Teiresias’ warning to Pentheus
8. Ovid, Metamorphoses 3.511-526: Pentheus’ rejection of Bacchus
9. Ovid, Metamorphoses 3.572-691: The captive Acoetes and his tale
10. Ovid, Metamorphoses 3.692-733: Pentheus’ gruesome demise
11. Metrics
12. Glossary of rhetorical and syntactic figures
13. Comprehensive bibliography
Number of pages 176
Publication Origin: Kallipos, Open Academic Editions
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