Prometheus (Italy)
Volume 45, 2019, Pages 143-161

The invoked metamorphosis: Ovid, Pont. 1.2.27-40 and the impossible euthanasia of exile [La metamorfosi invocata: Ovidio, PONT. 1.2.27-40 e l'impossibile eutanasia dell'esule] (Review)

Aresi L.
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Abstract

In Ov. Pont. 1.2.27-40 the poet underlines the difference between the fate of Niobe and of the Heliades, whose metamorphoses put an end to their suffering, and his own endless sorrow. The choice of these myths seems to be a réécriture and a correction of the Metamorphoses version, where Niobe and the Heliades, instead, are among the few cases of metamorphosed beings that continue to suffer after the transformation. © 2019 Firenze University Press. All rights reserved.

Author Keywords

Death and metamorphosis Consciousness Ovid's exile Ovid Niobe Heliades Dante

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https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85069630322&doi=10.14601%2fprometheus-25792&partnerID=40&md5=b3e25b414f427829a0540d83c8326f7f
DOI: 10.14601/prometheus-25792
ISSN: 03912698
Original Language: Italian