Beschreibung:
Marie Louise Von Glinski is Assistant Professor and Faculty Fellow in the Classics Department at New York University.
The first monograph on Ovid's epic simile, offering fresh perspectives on central episodes of this important work.
Introduction; 1. Metamorphosis and simile; 2. The gods and the simile; 3. The simile and genre; 4. Simile and fictionality; Conclusion: the protean nature of simile.