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Hardcover Forms of Astonishment: Greek Myths of Metamorphosis Book

ISBN: 0199245495

ISBN13: 9780199245499

Forms of Astonishment: Greek Myths of Metamorphosis

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In this illustrated study, Richard Buxton analyzes Greek literary narratives and visual representations of the metamorphosis of humans and gods, as evidenced from Homer to Nonnos. Such tales have become familiar in their Ovidian dress, as in the best-selling translation by Ted Hughes; Buxton explores their Greek antecedents. He investigates such issues as: how do different contexts shape the way in which metamorphosis is narrated? How do the assumptions...

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