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The epic <i>Metamorphoses</i>, Ovid’s most renowned work, has regained its stature among the masterpieces of great poets such as Vergil, Horace, and Tibullus. Yet its irreverent tone and bold defiance of generic boundaries set the <i>Metamorphoses</i> apart from its contemporaries. <i>Ovid before Exile</i> provides a compelling new reading of the epic, examining the text in light of circumstances surrounding the final years of Augustus’ reign, a time when a culture of poets and patrons was in sh

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Author

Patricia Jane Johnson

Publisher

University of Wisconsin Press

Published

2008

Language

EN

ISBN

9780299224004

Category

literary studies

Subjects

History, Political Science, Rome

Updated

2026-03-25