Metamorphoses 13: A courtroom drama
A blog about teaching Ovid’s Metamorphoses in a classical mythology course
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Metamorphoses 12: Invulnerability
The Iliad doesn’t tell the whole story of the Trojan War. It tells the story of “The Wrath of Achilles” nine years into that war, and ends…
Metamorphoses 11: Shape-shifters
I guess I wasn’t at my sharpest this week — blame it on the pandemic — because I didn’t really think about the importance of the presence…
Metamorphoses 10: Orpheus the Misogynist
A blog about teaching Ovid’s Metamorphoses in a classical mythology course
Metamorphoses 9: Love hurts
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Metamorphoses 8: Mutual Aid
A blog about teaching Ovid’s Metamorphoses in a classical mythology course
Metamorphoses 7: Plague
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Metamorphoses 6: Horror stories
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Metamorphoses 5: Around the World
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Metamorphoses 4: New voices
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Metamorphoses 3: Ovid meets COVID
My students are reading Ovid stateside now, after our program in Rome closed because of the spread of the coronavirus in Italy. We’re all…
Metamorphoses 2: Same song, different verse
Last week, I shared a Twitter thread from Emily Wilson about Ovid’s Metamorphoses, in which she drew a connection between the myth of…