Classical Studies 3151F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 37: Ovid, Remedia Amoris, Ars Amatoria
10 Dec 2018
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It was recently common to view metamorphoses as the successor of the aeneid. It had become acceptable to view the aeneid as a precursor and the. Diana and actaeon: cadmus" foundation of thebes, semele and dionysus, tiresias, echo and narcissus, pentheus. And now the god, having put off disguise of the bull, owned himself for what he was, and reached the fields of crete. But the maiden"s father, ignorant of what had happened, bids his son, cadmus, go and search for the lost girl, and threatens exile as a punishment if he does not find her pious and guilty by the same act. After roaming over all the world in vain (for who could search out the secret loves of jove?) Agenor"s son becomes an exile, shunning his father"s country and his father"s wrath. Then in suppliant wise he consults the oracle of. Metamorphoses 3. 101-105 ecce viri fautrix superas delapsa per auras.
