Introduction: Ovid as a Hesiodic poet; 1. Helen: the intertext of illusion; 2. Cosmos and Eros: from chaos to divine loves; 3. Coronis and Mestra: bringing the women back to the Catalogue of Women; 4. Atalanta: literal and literary races; 5. Caenis and Periclymenus: Hesiod at Achilles' party; Concluding remarks.
Explores the previously neglected influence on Ovid's Metamorphoses of Hesiod, the most important archaic Greek poet after Homer.
Ioannis Ziogas is Lecturer in Classics at the Australian National University, Canberra.
'Ziogas' Ovid and Hesiod is not only an important contribution to
Ovid's Metamorphoses, but also restores the Hesiodic Catalogue of
Women to its rightful position in literary history.' Martina
Hirschberger, Bryn Mawr Classical Review
'… a subtle and stimulating analysis of Ovid's reception of Hesiod
… attentively redacted and expertly fashioned. … The quality of the
volume is unquestionably high; it will certainly stimulate further
work and I recommend it to classicists. … a considerable success,
[which] forms a significant contribution to an area of research
which shows no sign of exhaustion. … an indispensable reference
point for the future study of Hesiod and Ovid.' Stella Alekou, The
Classical Review
'Ziogas' enthusiasm for the visibility and depth of the Hesiodic
influence on Ovid's work is overall justified, his book is
extremely well-researched, his arguments are convincing and lucidly
argued, and in addition to the main lines of his argument, he
offers a multitude of inventive and stimulating readings of various
Ovidian passages against their intertexts, both Hesiodic and
numerous others, archaic and Hellenistic.' Sophia Papaioannou,
Mnemosyne
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