Talk:Metamorphoses (poem)
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What is meant by the Metamorphoses was the "first written"? First written what? There are many extant earlier works in Greek myth, not to mention those that have been lost. --Chinasaur 04:56, 26 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- "Since it was first written" = "since it was written". - Nunh-huh 05:11, 26 Aug 2004 (UTC)
There's nothing in this article about what a genius Ovid was, or the stunning beauty of his work. Does that violate neutrality rules or something?Celsiana 23:54, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
well there are many works that are far better but none that cover this area of the gods and goddesses this well -[meeks]
I'm surprised that this article doesn't mention how Augustus is compared to Jupiter, making Ovid's mockery and critique of Jupiter almost subversive. The silencing of mortals, the theft of their voices and cooption of their meaning by gods through metamorphosis could be interpreted to reflect Augustus's habit of destroying prophetic scrolls and executing malcontents. The epilogue is also pretty much a direct mockery of Augustus's attepts to immortalize himself. The articles's description of the Metamorphoses as bereft of deeper meaning is in my opinion quite innacurate. Worlorn 10:12, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
Yes, this article is inadequate. (1) The section "Manuscript tradition" tells us platitudinally that the modern texts are okay but contains no details on the manuscripts. Then again, maybe the section should be deleted; does the general reader really care about the manuscript tradition? (2) Very little is said about English translations. Some mention should be made of the principal translations and their critical reception. (3) The section on adaptations is thin; I suspect there have been many, many other works influenced by Ovid. What about the Divine Comedy, for instance, or Handel's opera Semele? – Sorry to rant. I'd love to work on this myself, but I don't know much about the Latin classics. Grommel 21:51, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
