Essay #2 - Pending Affirmation of Worth

May 03, 2006 13:50

Book I of Ovid’s Metamorphoses begins not ‘in medias res,’ but at the beginning of time itself, with a very distinct purpose, which echoes the theme and concept behind the poem as a whole. In the opening proem, Ovid declares that he will ‘spin a thread’ from the world’s beginning to his own lifetime, illustrated through metamorphoses, which are ( Read more... )

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rhombus_6 May 3 2006, 22:31:15 UTC
haha you just posted this
i'll read it later when im not nuts
or mabye when i'm more nuts...

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

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