Unit:
Κατεύθυνση Λατινική ΦιλολογίαLibrary of the School of Philosophy
Author:
Mitrogianni Eleni
Supervisors info:
Ανδρέας Μιχαλόπουλος, Καθηγητής Κλασικής Φιλολογίας, Τμήμα Φιλολογίας, Φιλοσοφική Σχολή ΕΚΠΑ
Σοφία Παπαϊωάννου, Καθηγήτρια Κλασικής Φιλολογίας, Τμήμα Φιλολογίας, Φιλοσοφική Σχολή ΕΚΠΑ
Μυρτώ Γκαράνη, Επίκουρη Καθηγήτρια Κλασικής Φιλολογίας, Τμήμα Φιλολογίας, Φιλοσοφική Σχολή ΕΚΠΑ
Original Title:
"Κάνε θολή την ύπαρξή μου": το μεταίχμιο ανάμεσα σε ζωή και θάνατο στις Μεταμορφώσεις του Οβιδίου
Translated title:
“Blur my existence”: the liminal state of life and death in Ovid’s Metamorphoses
Summary:
This paper studies the way in which Ovid presents the liminal play between life and death, existence and non-existence, material and immaterial in Metamorphoses. It attempts to investigate whether the transformed organisms (birds, plants, trees, springs, rivers, stones, rocks) constitute the continuity of the human form that has been transformed, or whether the transformation constitutes a partial, or even total, death of humanity. What can be inferred from the findings is whether the forms of stone matter, plants and waters are defined as living in the cosmic epic of Ovid or not. Finally, the inductive study of representative transformational myths in Metamorphoses shows that in a world of constant change and different combination of primordial universal elements life and death, animate and inanimate, are involved in a game of instability and ambiguity.
Main subject category:
Language – Literature
Keywords:
Ovid, Metamorphoses, life, death, organism, liminal state of life
Number of references:
143
