Simile and Identity in Ovid's Metamorphoses

✍ Scribed by Marie Louise von Glinski

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Year: 2012
Tongue: English
Leaves: 179
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

The first monograph on Ovid's epic simile, offering fresh perspectives on central episodes of this important work.

✦ Table of Contents

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Introduction
1 metamorphosis-and-simile
2 the-gods-and-the-simile
3 the-simile-and-genre
4 simile-and-fictionality
5 conclusion
6 bibliography
7 Index locorum
8 General index

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