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Originally Posted by John Isbell
A friend of mine argued in his Ph.D. thesis that Ovid may never have left Rome. He may have made the exile up:
Banished Voices: Readings in Ovid's Exile Poetry - Gareth D. Williams ...
https://books.google.com › History › Ancient › General
Cheers,
John |
Harvard professor, Richard Thomas uses this theory rather well in his recent book,
Why Dylan Matters, where he shows that Dylan's album,
Modern Times, is riddled with allusions to Ovid. Tricksters both.
I do like Ovid. I teach Classical Studies in Denmark, and I am very lucky to have the superb modern translation of
Metamorphoses by Otto Steen Due in accessible yet poetical hexameter.
Duncan