A Marathon Metamorphoses: Ovid and Metamorphoses

[GaryPeterson67]

This was very engaging and informative to a student just dipping his toe in the classical waters, a subject all but ignored when I was an undergrad English lit major. I appreciate now that Homer, Virgil, Ovid et al. exerted a tremendous influence on so many of their literary heirs. Thank you, Prof. Springer, for teaching me how to pronounce Ovid's name--I was saying Oh-vid. I was also pronouncing the title just as I would the Kafka classic.

[BowedOak1]

Do you know how many Latin student projects I had to wade through to find a simple explanation of who Ovid was? Thanks for posting this.

[JosiahPlummer1988]

Interesting discussion. Some people might tend to believe that the past is set in stone, but I do not share that conviction. I think the past tells us about patterns and beliefs rooted in our very culture; the past is always alive, constantly shaping the future. If we are to learn about ourselves and about the world, we cannot just focus on the present or the future, but on history's timeless presence.