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Ovid, Metamorphoses 3.511-733 |
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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.
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Linguistic Editors: |
Chioti, Alexandra |
Graphic Editors: |
Bouroutzi, Stella |
Type: |
Undergraduate textbook |
Creation Date: | 19-02-2024 |
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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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