Classical Studies 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Perduellio, Extortion, Richter Magnitude Scale

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 1000
• Professor: Christopher Brown

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Ovid"s metamorphoses (p. ovidius naso) 43 bc ad 17: somewhat less serious than vergil, reflects the ongoing interest in thinking about greek models and greek ideas of literature (like vergil) This is a series of myths through 15 books from the beginning to the roman world. Most of the stories are traditional greek myths of some sort. Because of its readability and entertaining character, this poem became the central text for learning greek myths: ex. One story is about pyramis and thisbe who are separated by a wall. When is about to die, ovid compares his wound to a ruptured stretch of plumbing. This makes the mood and the approach to the myth different. This rejection is what made people think he was a bad poet while others think that he is important since he composed something new: he was a contemporary of nero. When he writes on caesar and the civil wars in the.