Arachne the weaver
Hear Ovid’s story of the weaver turned into a spider for outdoing a goddess here, and see the illustrated blog post here.
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Arachne wins the weaving contest
But wishes she hadn’t Hear the Latin, which contains probably the most succinct summary of the Gods’ sexual misbehaviour, here and follow in English.
Gods and demons
Here is a selection of poetry about the Gods – in a variety of moods. First, Jupiter, King of the Gods, in the mood for love as Europa’s bull. After Continue Reading
Marsyas is skinned alive
In Ovid’s Metamorphoses there is often a sharp contrast between the elegance and charm of his style and the grim stories he tells. Book six, for example, has a sequence Continue Reading