The Shade of Orpheus : Ambiguity and the Poetics of Vmbra in Metamorphoses 10

This paper reexamines the grove of Orpheus in Ovid, Metamorphoses 10, arguing that it is a space of complex ambiguity as activated and determined by the dual meaning of umbra. It conceptualizes the space as an atmospheric doublet of the Underworld, designed to give Orpheus imaginative access to his...

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Main Author: Celia Campbell
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Université Lille-3 2019-12-01
Series:Dictynna
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/dictynna/1814