Ovid's Metamorphoses and the Traditions of Augustan PoetryKnox shows how Ovid combined elements from the entire range of Roman verse in the composition of the Metamorphoses and exploited the diction of elegy and epyllion to distinguish his remarkable poem from traditional epic verse. |
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THE TRANSFORMATION OF ELEGY | 9 |
STYLE AND VARIATION | 27 |
THE SONG OF ORPHEUS | 48 |
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