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PYTHAGOREAN INTERTEXT IN OVID'S METAMORPHOSES:
A New Interpretation
| Author: | Colavito, Maria | |
| Year: | 1989 | |
| Pages: | 164 | |
| ISBN: | 0-88946-398-0 978-0-88946-398-1 | |
| Price: | $159.95 | |
The first study uncovering Pythagorean epistemology as the intertext of Ovid's masterpiece. Creates a completely new interpretation of this classic and its author.
Reviews
"Interpreting the theme of transformations as `internally Pythagorean', . . . [the author] demonstrates that the Pythagorean belief in number as the origin of the ordering of the cosmos can be seen throughout . . . book is a challenge to the thoughtful reader." - Choice