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Metamorphoses in Greco-Roman Antiquity. Concerning Ovid's Metamorphoses

2015; Issue: 7 Linguagem: Inglês

10.4000/lettre-cdf.2706

ISSN

2109-9219

Autores

John Scheid,

Tópico(s)

Archaeology and Historical Studies

Resumo

Matter and form. It has been shown that the poet was clearly inspired by the ideas of the Stoic philosopher Posidonius of Apameia (ca. 135-51 BCE), even though we do not have detailed knowledge of Posidonius' system. Ovid was not a philosopher, and his poem is not a doctrinal presentation like that of Lucretius. In Book XV he barely gives a voice to Pythagoras for a 400-verse explanation of the reasons behind the rejection of animal sacrifice and meat consumption. Yet the underlying system i...

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