Ovid's Metamorphoses: An Introduction to the Basic Aspects

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Publisher: Univ of California Press
Year: 1975
Tongue: English
Leaves: 297
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

The main purpose of this book is to provide an introduction, in the form of a literary study, both to the major aspects of the Metamorphoses and to Ovid's basic aims in the poem. -- Book Jacket.

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