Rival Praises: Ovid and the Metamorphosis of the Hymnic Tradition

The Metamorphoses, written by the Roman poet Ovid, has fascinated readers ever since it was written in...
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Author: Celia Campbell
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Rival Praises: Ovid and the Metamorphosis of the Hymnic Tradition by Campbell, Celia

Rival Praises: Ovid and the Metamorphosis of the Hymnic Tradition

$377.30

Rival Praises: Ovid and the Metamorphosis of the Hymnic Tradition

$377.30
Author: Celia Campbell
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
The Metamorphoses, written by the Roman poet Ovid, has fascinated readers ever since it was written in the first century CE, and here Celia M. Campbell offers a bold new interpretive approach. Reasserting the significance of the ancient hymnic tradition, she argues that the first pentad of Ovid's Metamorphoses draws a programmatic strain of influence from hymns to the gods, in particular conversation--and competition--with the work of the Alexandrian poet Callimachus, a favored source of inspiration to Augustan writers. She suggests that Ovid read Callimachus' six hymns as a self-conscious set--and reading the first five books of the Metamorphoses through Callimachus' hymnic collection allows us to pierce the occasionally opaque and seemingly idiosyncratic mythology Ovid constructs. Through careful, innovative close readings, Campbell illustrates that Callimachus and the hymnic tradition provide a kind of interpretative key to unlocking the dynamic landscape of divine power in Ovid's poetic cosmos.

Author: Celia Campbell
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Published: 07/30/2024
Pages: 344
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.39lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d
ISBN: 9780299348748

About the Author
Celia M. Campbell is an assistant professor of classics at Emory University.

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