Selections from the Poems of Ovid: Chiefly the Metamorphoses |
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As the most celebrated existing collection of the most famous fables of the
ancient world , the Metamorphoses , in particular , makes the best of introductions
to the nobler and more difficult verse of Virgil . Writings of Ovid . vii WRITINGS OF
...
As the most celebrated existing collection of the most famous fables of the
ancient world , the Metamorphoses , in particular , makes the best of introductions
to the nobler and more difficult verse of Virgil . Writings of Ovid . vii WRITINGS OF
...
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It consists of the miracles and adventures ascribed to these superhuman persons
, – a vast field , in which ancient fancy rioted as freely as the modern fancy in
novels and fairy - tales . Some of them may possibly be explained as a
picturesque ...
It consists of the miracles and adventures ascribed to these superhuman persons
, – a vast field , in which ancient fancy rioted as freely as the modern fancy in
novels and fairy - tales . Some of them may possibly be explained as a
picturesque ...
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To give something like system , order , and development to this world of fable
seems to have been a favorite aim of poetical composition with the ancients . This
aim is partly religious , and partly scientific , — if that can be called scientific
which ...
To give something like system , order , and development to this world of fable
seems to have been a favorite aim of poetical composition with the ancients . This
aim is partly religious , and partly scientific , — if that can be called scientific
which ...
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He was the popular poet of a sensual and artificial age , who found in these
creations of ancient fancy a group of subjects suited to his graceful , ornate , and
marvellously facile style of narrative , and who did not hesitate to alter or dress
them ...
He was the popular poet of a sensual and artificial age , who found in these
creations of ancient fancy a group of subjects suited to his graceful , ornate , and
marvellously facile style of narrative , and who did not hesitate to alter or dress
them ...
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Guided by an ancient sage , Numa seeks wisdom among the Greeks of Southern
Italy ; [ whereby violating the Sabine law , he is accused , but acquitted , the black
lots being changed by miracle to white in the urn ( XV . 1 - 59 ) ] . At Croton ...
Guided by an ancient sage , Numa seeks wisdom among the Greeks of Southern
Italy ; [ whereby violating the Sabine law , he is accused , but acquitted , the black
lots being changed by miracle to white in the urn ( XV . 1 - 59 ) ] . At Croton ...
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