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Erysichthon’s unwelcome visitor

Posted on June 6, 2023

Blasphemous King Erysichthon has defied the Goddess Ceres: now, as Ovid continues the tale in his Metamorphoses, he is visited by the agent of her revenge – insatiable Hunger.

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Hunger personified

Posted on June 4, 2023

In today’s poem from Ovid’s Metamorphoses, the story of Erysichthon continues and we meet his nemesis, Fames.

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A mighty tree falls

Posted on May 21, 2023

In Ovid’s Metamorphoses a mighty oak, sacred to Ceres, falls at the hands of the appalling Thessalian chief, Erysichthon.

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Virtue rewarded

Posted on May 7, 2023

The story of Philemon and Baucis, who entertained the Gods unawares, comes to a bitter-sweet conclusion in Ovid’s Metamorphoses.

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See the illustrated blog post here.

Distinguished guests

Posted on April 29, 2023April 29, 2023

In Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Philemon and Baucis, poor, but mindful of the sacred duty of hospitality to strangers, entertain the Gods unawares.

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See the illustrated blog post here.

Lovely mother, lovelier daughter

Posted on April 14, 2023

As a compliment to the lovely pair, Horace promises never to return to the scurrilous tone of some of his earlier poetry.

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Propertius’s distant beloved

Posted on April 7, 2023

Cynthia is away, and Propertius worries that he is losing her.

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Phaethon’s sad end

Posted on March 19, 2023

As Phaethon literally sets the world on fire, Jupiter intervenes to bring his adventure to a close.

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See the illustrated blog post here.

Phaethon loses all control

Posted on March 10, 2023

Phaethon’s disastrous ride in the chariot of his father, the Sun-God, goes from bad to worse.

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See the illustrated blog post here.