Ovid as an epic poet
In his study of the structure of Ovid's Metamorphoses, Professor Otis shows that the real unity of the poem is to be sought not in the linkage but in the order or succession of episodes, motifs and ideas.
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Prefaces; List of abbreviations; 1. The problem; 2. The limitations of the elegist; 3. The plan of Ovid's epic; 4. The divine comedy; 5. The avenging gods; 6. The pathos of love: I; 7. The pathos of love: II; 8. Troy and Rome; 9. Conclusion; Appendix; Indices.