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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.edubeings only knew their own shores. There were no steep ditches surrounding towns, no straight war-trumpets, no coiled horns, no swords and helmets. Without the use of armies, people passed their lives in gentle peace and security. The earth herself also, freely, without the scars of ploughs, untouched by hoes, produced everything from herself.
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.com3 &RQWHQWV Book I Bk I:1-20 The Primal Chaos .....26 Bk I:21-31 Separation of the elements.....27 Bk I:32-51 The earth and sea.