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Although it meets some of the criteria for an epic, the poem defies simple genre classification because of its varying themes and tones. Ovid took inspiration from the genre of metamorphosis poetry. Although some of the Metamorphoses derives from earlier treatment of the same myths, Ovid diverged significantly from all of his models.
Numerous episodes from the poem have been depicted in sculptures and paintings by artists such as Titian. Although Ovid's reputation faded after the Renaissance , towards the end of the twentieth century there was a resurgence of interest in his work; today, Metamorphoses continues to inspire and be retold through various media.
Cover of George Sandys's 1632 edition of Ovid's Metamorphosis Englished. This is a list of characters in the poem Metamorphoses by Ovid.It contains more than 200 characters, summaries of their roles, and information on where they appear.
Ovid's is the oldest surviving version of the story, published in 8 AD, but he adapted an existing aetiological myth.While in Ovid's telling Pyramus and Thisbe lived in Babylon, and Ctesias had placed the tomb of his imagined king Ninus near that city, the myth probably originated in Cilicia (part of Ninus' Babylonian empire) as Pyramos is the historical Greek name of the local Ceyhan River.
Although Ovid's collection is the most known, there are three examples of Metamorphoses by later Hellenistic writers that preceded Ovid's book, but little is known of their contents. [10] The Heteroioumena by Nicander of Colophon is better known, and had a clear an influence on the poem. [ 10 ]
However each of the separate stories embedded within the play is in itself a "well-made play" within a play. Each story can be easily followed and analyzed through a look at the seven parts already established. An example that can easily demonstrate and lay out the structure is the story of Erysichthon described within Metamorphoses.
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Acis and Galatea (/ ˈ eɪ s ɪ s /, / ɡ æ l ə ˈ t iː. ə / [1] [2]) are characters from Greek mythology later associated together in Ovid's Metamorphoses.The episode tells of the love between the mortal Acis and the Nereid (sea-nymph) Galatea; when the jealous Cyclops Polyphemus kills Acis, Galatea transforms her lover into an immortal river spirit.