Metamorphoses
Beginning (link to reading - read to paragraph marked [395])
“Pluto and Proserpine" (link to reading)
“Daphne and Phoebus” (link to reading)
Author: Ovid
Date: 8 CE
Location: Rome
Course Unit: Origins/Domestic Violence and Rape
Context:
"OVID was a Latin poet who flourished in Rome in the late C1st B.C. and early C1st A.D., during the reign of the Emperor Augustus. His most celebrated work is the Metamorphoses, a poem in 15 books recounting stories from Greek and Roman myth. His two other myth-themed works were the Fasti and the Heroides." ("Ovid, Metamorphoses 1")
"Ovid, Metamorphoses 1." Theoi Classical Texts Library, https://www.theoi.com/Text/OvidMetamorphoses1.html.
Topics/Questions to Consider While Reading:
Beginning
How is the creation of the world described?
How do human beings fit into the creation of the world?
How many gods are there?
What is the relationship between the gods and human beings?
What is the relationship between nature and human beings?