Narrative Dynamics in Ovid's Metamorphoses

Aeneas Aeneid Aesculapius amor anger Apollo apotheosis appears argues association audience Augustus Barchiesi becomes beginning Bömer Book Callisto catalog chaos characters closure concludes continuity contrast cosmic cosmogony creation critics Daphne death Diana discussion divine earlier earth echoes elements epic episode erotic Europa example father final fire flood follow further Galinsky gives gods Hardie heaven Hercules human important introduces Italy Julius Caesar Juno Juno's Jupiter Jupiter's later lines Metamorphoses moral motif myth narrative narrator nature observes origin Otis Ovid Ovid's parallels pattern Phaethon poem poem's poet present prophecy punishment Pythagoras Pythagoras's question rape reading recalls reference repeats repetition returns rivers Rome Romulus scene Semele sense sequence sources speech story structure suggests takes tale terras theme tion Tiresias tradition transformation transition turns vengeance Venus