Metamorphoses
(2022)
Fiction
eBook
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Musaicum Books, 2022
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DESCRIPTION
1 online resource
ISBN/ISSN
4066338114167 MWT16248553, 6338114160 16248553
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
The Metamorphoses is a Latin narrative poem comprised of over 250 myths. The poem chronicles the history of the world from its creation to the deification of Julius Caesar within a loose mythico-historical framework. The Metamorphoses is one of the most influential works in Western culture, it has inspired such authors as Dante Alighieri, Giovanni Boccaccio, Geoffrey Chaucer, and William Shakespeare. Numerous episodes from the poem have been depicted in acclaimed works of sculpture, painting, and music
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