tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post9204210539768045067..comments2024-02-09T16:13:32.416-08:00Comments on Classical Carousel: Metamorphoses ~ Book XVCleohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13152128642971612433noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-17176608282016986442016-04-15T10:20:20.656-07:002016-04-15T10:20:20.656-07:00Perhaps he was trying to make up for his "mis...Perhaps he was trying to make up for his "mistake" before his official exile, although I've also read that Ovid's fawning praise can also be seen as cloaked criticism. Whatever he did, Augustus Ceasar did not like it!Cleohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13152128642971612433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-56633906841759843162016-04-15T09:21:04.828-07:002016-04-15T09:21:04.828-07:00You are right...this last book is a let down! Not ...You are right...this last book is a let down! Not at all in keeping with his previous books! The whole thing about Ceaser made me really roll my eyes! For all his sycophancy, it did him no good and he was exiled nevertheless!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-85550845959137103162016-04-14T16:11:04.338-07:002016-04-14T16:11:04.338-07:00And, of course, the brilliant Pythagorus is suppor...And, of course, the brilliant Pythagorus is supporting what Ovid has been espousing throughout the book, so isn't Ovid clever too? ;-) I will admit from reading this book, the word reincarnation flitted through my mind a number of times. I don't know much about eastern philosophies though ..... another path to explore ....<br /><br />You're welcome! I'm glad I'm finished and I'm not. The poem was excellent, even if the content was questionable at times, but it began to drag at the end.Cleohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13152128642971612433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-70081918408126839972016-04-14T15:06:17.022-07:002016-04-14T15:06:17.022-07:00the part about pythagorus and the everchanging wor...the part about pythagorus and the everchanging world is a lot like what eastern philosophies promulgate. being the idea that there is no now, because it can't be found; this little titbit gave rise to a myriad of religions, theories, convictions, philosophies, et. aliia. even to be discovered somewhere in the bible, i trow... it has a bunch of ramifications that are not very well pursued: what is being, what is real, what can a human know, etc. all the big questions. those greeks were smart, some of them, anyway... tx for the precise of ovid; it's been enlightening and entertaining!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> Mudpuddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17194891656971454279noreply@blogger.com