“The Tree of Forgiveness.” by Edward Burne-Jones. 19th century.
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⇒“Metamorphoses” by Ovid:
“Metamorphoses” by Ovid. Illustration by George Sandys. 1632.
In my previous post, I have mentioned Ovid´s book “Metamorphoses”as a key source of Greek Mythology.
“Metamorphoses” is a narrative poem in fifteen books by the Roman poet Ovid, completed in 8 CE.
It is a “mock-epic” poem, written in dactylic hexameter, the form of the great epic poems of the ancient tradition, such as “The Iliad” and “The Odyssey.
This poem describes the creation and history of the world, incorporating many classical myths.
Love and hubris are main topics in Ovid´s “Metamorphoses”.
Unlike the predominantly romantic notions of Love, Ovid considered love more as a dangerous, destabilizing force.
However, there is an explanation for this attitude: during the reign of Augustus, the Roman emperor during Ovid’s time, major attempts were made to regulate morality by creating legal and illegal forms of love, by encouraging marriage…
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