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  • Gareth Williams
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On Ovid's Metamorphoses
This chapter is in the book On Ovid's Metamorphoses
© 2023 Columbia University Press

© 2023 Columbia University Press

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Preface ix
  4. Introduction 1
  5. 1 Diversity, Idiosyncrasy, and Self- Discovery in the Metamorphoses 15
  6. 2 The Liabilities of Language: Change and Instability in Ovid’s World of Words 49
  7. 3 The Path of Deviance: Sexual Morality and the Incestuous Urge in the Metamorphoses 85
  8. 4 Rough Justice: Victimization, Revenge, and Divine Punishment in the Metamorphoses 121
  9. Epilogue 159
  10. Further Reading 165
  11. Index 171
https://doi.org/10.7312/will20070-002

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Preface ix
  4. Introduction 1
  5. 1 Diversity, Idiosyncrasy, and Self- Discovery in the Metamorphoses 15
  6. 2 The Liabilities of Language: Change and Instability in Ovid’s World of Words 49
  7. 3 The Path of Deviance: Sexual Morality and the Incestuous Urge in the Metamorphoses 85
  8. 4 Rough Justice: Victimization, Revenge, and Divine Punishment in the Metamorphoses 121
  9. Epilogue 159
  10. Further Reading 165
  11. Index 171
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