3 янв. 2024 г. · Ovid hated authority as he was in exile when he wrote the Metamorphosis. So he made the myths anti-authority, so therefore against the gods.

1 февр. 2022 г. · What are your thoughts on Ovid? I've read some of the Heroides and the amores. He's interesting but has kind of a choppy jilting style IMO.

29 июл. 2024 г. · Ovid is one of the most misunsdertood writers in history. "The evil Ovid supposed hate authority and gods and made them absolute monsters.

21 мар. 2024 г. · I don't hate Ovid. It's due to the popularity of the Metamorphoses that Greek mythology is so culturally ubiquitous in the West. We can largely ...

21 нояб. 2020 г. · I think Ovid is good in the sense that his Metamorphoses are entertaining, and easier to read for modern audiences than fragmented, older ...

1 июл. 2024 г. · I am on book III right now, and I notice that Ovid often depicts Jupiter as a cruel and callous, amoral, irrational and passionate.

20 нояб. 2023 г. · Ovid is, for all intents and purposes, as reliable as other Roman poets and writers. He's less canon than the Greeks because they came before ...

16 июл. 2024 г. · Ovid in Latin is very slippery, but his language quirks get lost in translation. Other than that, he is not a supremely difficult poet. I ...

3 февр. 2021 г. · I strongly recommend you read the Metamorphoses. They're a genuinely enjoyable piece of literature with a beguiling writing style that comes across well in ...

29 авг. 2024 г. · Hey yall been getting back into greek mythology, curious what yall think is the best book of ovids that you would recommend i read?