Golden Age Imagery and the Artistic Philosophy of Ovid's Metamorphoses

In the Metamorphoses, Ovid brings together Golden Age imagery with contrasting scenes of destruction, making this paradoxical amalgam a motif within his epic. This study connects Ovid’s use of Golden Age language to his portrayal of artistry in the poem, discovering that both within the stories of t...

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Main Author: Curran, Emma L.
Language:en
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10222/15362