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Initiations and Mysteries in Apuleius' Metamorphoses
scholar.lib.vt.eduINITIATIONS AND MYSTERIES IN APULEIUS’ METAMORPHOSES Sarolta A. Takács, Rutgers University stakacs@rci.rutgers.edu Apuleius’ Metamorphoses, also known as The Golden Ass, is the only extant Latin novel that survives in its entirety.
Ovid's Metamorphoses: Book One - Department of Classics
www.classics.uga.eduAbout the Meter The Metamorphoses is Ovid's only epic poem. As far back as Homer, most Greek and Latin epic poetry is composed in dactylic hexameter, and the Metamorphoses is no exception. Dactylos, δάκτυλος, is the Greek word for digit, as in finger or toe.A dactyl consists of one long
OVID'S METAMORPHOSES
faculty.sgc.eduordered the clouds and vapours to exist, and thunder to shake the minds of human beings, and winds that create lightning -bolts and flashes. The world’s maker did not allow these, either, t o possess the air indiscriminately; as it is they are ... But these progeny also despising the gods wer e savage, violent, and eager for
Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature
www.religionandnature.comOvid. The Metamorphoses.Mary M. Innes, tr. Middlesex, England: Penguin Books, 1955 (1970). Rigoglioso, Marguerite. Mysticism, Mother Worship, and
Ovid - The Metamorphoses
www.tikaboo.com7 Book III Bk III:1-49 Cadmus searches for his sister Europa.....129 Bk III:50-94 Cadmus kills the Dragon.....132