Ovid

Visiting Scholars

Open House | The Cecropids and an Attic Aetiology in Ovid’s Metamorphoses, with Miriam Kamil

We were excited to welcome Miriam Kamil, a 5th year PhD candidate in classical philology at Harvard University, for an Open House. The topic of the discussion was: Ovid’s Cecropids and an Attic Aetiology: Metamorphoses 2.552–565, 708–832. The event was streamed live on Thursday, November 21 at 11 a.m. EST, and was recorded. In preparation, you might like to read two articles at Classical Inquiries: A sampling of comments on… Read more

Visiting Scholars

Open House | Ovid, with Leonard Muellner

We welcomed Leonard Muellner, Professor Emeritus of Classical Studies at Brandeis University, who helped us to start thinking about Latin texts and Roman authors with a focus on Ovid’s Metamorphoses. The discussion was recorded. You can watch the recording in the embedded frame below, or our YouTube channel. You may like to read the following focus passages on Perseus. Book 1.89–150 Book 1. 452–524 Book 1. 525–566 Here are two… Read more

Book Club

Book Club | January 2017: Ovid Metamorphoses

  But the god of the trident, who rules the ocean waters, grieved, with a father’s feelings, for the son changed into a swan, the bird of Phaethon, and, hating fierce Achilles, he nursed an excessive anger in his memory. (Ovid Metamorphoses 12.580–584) The Book Club selection for January is taken from Ovid’s Metamorphoses, which will provide a Roman perspective of some stories and characters we have previously encountered in the ancient… Read more

Gallery

Gallery: Love and Ovid

To celebrate Valentine’s day, I chose Ovid for this Gallery about Love. He was the first to write about the art of love and gallantry. Ovid was born in 43 BCE. He was a talented poet. He was educated in Rome and traveled in Greece. He composed many beautiful works. Ovid’s Metamorphoses was written during the Augustan period. He lived during the same period as Virgil and Horace. He was very popular,… Read more

Texts,  Topic for Discussion

The Daughters of Helios

Claude Lorrain, The Daughters of Helios Searching for their Brother Phaeton (1658) Montreal Museum of Fine Arts I often go to the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts but I did not notice this painting until last month. The painting represents the sisters of Phaeton lamenting for their brother after his tragic death. Different versions may be found about who they are and who is their mother. The painter Claude Lorrain… Read more