OVID THE METAMORPHOSES
LIFE OF OVID Born March 20, 43 BC 20 BC- publishes first book of poetry 8 AD- exiled by Augustus to Romania 17 AD- Ovid dies in exile Statue of Ovid, Constanta, Romania (Ettore Ferrari, 1887)
WORKS OF OVID Amores- love poems, often shorter, focus on a particular mistress Heroides- letters from epic and mythic women to their husbands Medicamina Faciei Feminae- a comedic book about women’s cosmetics and beauty tips Ars Amatoria- poems about how to make love (to people that you are not married to) Remedia Amoris- the sequel to Ars Amatoria, about how to end relationships Fasti- poems about feasts and festivals and the myths behind them Metamorphoses- poem of epic length, compilation of different myths Tristia- sorrowful poems about life in exile Epistolae ex Ponto- letters written by Ovid to family in friends in Rome seeking to end his exile Amores- love poems, often shorter, focus on a particular mistress Heroides- letters from epic and mythic women to their husbands Medicamina Faciei Feminae- a comedic book about women’s cosmetics and beauty tips Ars Amatoria- poems about how to make love (to people that you are not married to) Remedia Amoris- the sequel to Ars Amatoria, about how to end relationships Fasti- poems about feasts and festivals and the myths behind them Metamorphoses- poem of epic length, compilation of different myths Tristia- sorrowful poems about life in exile Epistolae ex Ponto- letters written by Ovid to family in friends in Rome seeking to end his exile
Fountain of Diana and Actaeon, Royal Palace at Caserta, Naples (Persico, Burnelli, Solari), late 18 th century
Thisbe- John Waterhouse, 1909
Apollo and Daphne, Antonio del Pollaiolo, Apollo and Daphne- Bernini, 1625
ORPHEUS Black Orpheus (1959) –set at Carnaval in Rio De Janeiro Orpheus Descending- play by Tennessee Williams, set in 1940s Mississippi made into film The Fugitive Kind in 1959 starring Marlon Brando Orphic Trilogy directed by Jean Cocteau The Blood of a Poet (1930) Orpheus (1950) Testament of Orpheus (1960)