tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post9188809750776786916..comments2024-02-09T16:13:32.416-08:00Comments on Classical Carousel: Metamorphoses - Book VICleohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13152128642971612433noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-86713708331475752922016-02-11T15:13:07.867-08:002016-02-11T15:13:07.867-08:00I can understand wanting to embellish to make thin...I can understand wanting to embellish to make things more interesting, but that second-to-last story was just sick, and I think, the way in which is was told, unnecessary. What O says is certainly probable --- Ovid does appear to be enjoying relating such atrocities. I'm not longer surprised at Augustus banishing him from Rome. Cleohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13152128642971612433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-89057800962551492802016-02-11T10:08:40.087-08:002016-02-11T10:08:40.087-08:00I have no words... gross! just plain gross. I echo...I have no words... gross! just plain gross. I echo both you and O that it is alarming how much of attention to detail has been made by Ovid of the horrific matters! I am still reeling!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-56393979823148715542016-02-11T03:10:24.961-08:002016-02-11T03:10:24.961-08:00I think Ovid is enjoying himself a little, which I...I think Ovid is enjoying himself a little, which I have to agree is somewhat alarming. That's what troubles me more about some of these tales - the enjoyment of them rather than simply the plot. Not that I mean the plot of some of them isn't grim enough! ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01245931629228090133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-75221098260510052222016-02-10T14:50:15.463-08:002016-02-10T14:50:15.463-08:00I wasn't aware that any of the stories, so far...I wasn't aware that any of the stories, so far, are considered Ovid's creation. I had assumed that the ones that are "new" are simply considered lost texts of Greek myths. After I finish, I'll have to read up more about it. I absoutely believe that all of these stories suffer (or benefit from) Ovid's embellishments. I could do without some of his detail though ......<br /><br />Re: the hoopoe, me too! At least now I know what one is!Cleohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13152128642971612433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-77377265021171563182016-02-10T14:25:31.806-08:002016-02-10T14:25:31.806-08:00This part was GRIM. And the gods don't come ou...This part was GRIM. And the gods don't come out so well in this, do they?! All I would say (and I'm not trying to defend Ovid, just an observation) - Tereus and Pelops are not Ovid's creation, they're both old stories I think.<br /><br />Also - the hoopoe - I'd never heard of that bird but since January I've come across it at least twice if not three times in literature! ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01245931629228090133noreply@blogger.com