tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post8378210484923781103..comments2024-02-09T16:13:32.416-08:00Comments on Classical Carousel: Metamorphoses - Book IVCleohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13152128642971612433noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-39173564242627633292016-01-31T12:27:08.170-08:002016-01-31T12:27:08.170-08:00You make me laugh with your 'rounds' of my...You make me laugh with your 'rounds' of my posts! You're like a blog "doctor"! ;-)<br /><br />I really enjoyed the fourth book too. And I made the connection with the mulberry tree in The Fortune of the Rougons, can you believe it? Strange that the mulberry tree is what stood out for me and not Silvère and Miette's relationship...... Which reminds me, I need to read Le Rêve next --- I remember that you said it was one of your favourites.Cleohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13152128642971612433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-30236532636162899422016-01-31T09:19:03.646-08:002016-01-31T09:19:03.646-08:00I very much enjoyed the fourth book, and I think P...I very much enjoyed the fourth book, and I think Pyramus and Thisbe was my favourite. I think I've said before, but in case not - they inspired a part of Zola's The Fortune of the Rougons :)ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01245931629228090133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-2011326462139827282016-01-29T12:29:01.775-08:002016-01-29T12:29:01.775-08:00LOL! I know what you mean! LOL! I know what you mean! Cleohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13152128642971612433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-47345215546283810392016-01-29T12:03:15.215-08:002016-01-29T12:03:15.215-08:00True that...now that I recollect that part, I am n...True that...now that I recollect that part, I am not sure if I really like this book all that much. I am still deciding about Ovid!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-57843600555077485132016-01-29T10:14:32.853-08:002016-01-29T10:14:32.853-08:00Yes, but in this book, it's a man who gets rap...Yes, but in this book, it's a man who gets raped this time. :-( In any case, all these rather fantastical stories are making me want to learn more about Ovid. Or at least, I <i>think</i> I want to learn more about him ....... :-Z ........ ;-)Cleohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13152128642971612433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-21920171653476634162016-01-29T10:04:29.689-08:002016-01-29T10:04:29.689-08:00It's kind of Romeo and Juliet-ish too, isn'...It's kind of Romeo and Juliet-ish too, isn't it? I would have loved to hear the original myth. The more I read about Ovid and his times, and the more I find his versions of other myths exaggerated compared to the Greeks, the more I suspect that he employed perhaps excessive embellishment. I'll save my final verdict until I finish though. :-)Cleohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13152128642971612433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-29892312747575985652016-01-28T22:06:35.571-08:002016-01-28T22:06:35.571-08:00I liked this book a bit more, maybe because the na...I liked this book a bit more, maybe because the narrative style changed or maybe because we see a God being heroic and marries instead of raping! Oh! Well!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-79155481729628697362016-01-28T20:27:26.400-08:002016-01-28T20:27:26.400-08:00I had only known the story of Pyramus and Thisbe f...I had only known the story of Pyramus and Thisbe from the butchered performance of it in 'Midsummer Night's Dream'. It was very interesting to read the source material.Pederhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16979481342103258777noreply@blogger.com