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Ovid and the Art of description

Class at Faculty of Arts |
AGLV00018

Syllabus

Time Schedule: 1. (2. 10.) A lovely touch; Virtuosity of a paradox

Polyphemus in love (Ov. met. 13,764–770)

The world deluge (Ov. met. 1,288–312)

The gate of the Sun´s palace (Ov. met. 2,5–16) 2. (9. 10.) The playful storytelling: Callisto (Ov. met. 2,417–465)  3. (16. 10.) Allegory of Envy I (Ov. met. 2,722–832) 4. (23. 10.) Allegory of Envy II 5. (30. 10.) Actaeon and the catalogue of dogs I (Ov. met. 3,138–255) 6. (6. 11.) Actaeon and the catalogue of dogs II 7. (13. 11.) Similia

Cretan Labyrinth compared to the river Maeander (Ov. met. 8,159–168) 8. (20. 11.) Description of a metamorphosis

Io (Ov. met. 1,738–746): a cow > a girl

Callisto (Ov. met. 2,466–495): a girl > a bear

Helieades (Ov. met. 2,340–366): girls > trees

A crow (Ov. met. 2,569–587): a girl > a crow

Macereus (Ov. met. 14,276–290): a man > a pig 9. (27. 11.) First bloody wedding I (Ov. met. V) 10. (4. 12.) First bloody wedding II (Ov. met. V) 11. (11. 12.) Storytelling I – Two same stories in Fasti 12. (18. 12.) Storytelling II – Functionality of Elements, Brevity 13. (8. 1.) In style of Ovid