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Metamorphoses Lesson Plan

Introduction to Metamorphoses

Hardly anything can be said about Ovid's Metamorphoses that does not mention the tremendous impact which it has had on the development of Western culture, art and literature. A veritable compendium of Greek and Roman mythology, Metamorphoses has also been regarded by many as providing the canonical versions of many of these ancient stories.

But this view of Ovid – as a sanctioned poet who presents the lore of Antiquity to us in a settled, orthodox form – does not do him justice. Metamorphoses is, if anything, a poem that constantly pokes fun at structure and stasis. And some of the best qualities of the poem, including its ingenuity, innovation, and irreverence, are the very same...

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