LATN 201: Advanced Latin Literature: Ovid (HC)

Offers selections from key ancient texts--including The Theogony and the Homeric Hymns--enabling students to explore directly the meaning and importance of Greek gods and heroes. Also check the Tripod catalog for the 2004 edition at BMC.

Presents a collection of essays that explore key aspects of Greek and Roman myths and their critical reception from antiquity to the present day. Features chronologically organized essays that address different sets of myths that were important in each historical era, along with their thematic relevance.

This major re-evaluation of Roman history and its afterlife in western culture through the mediums of myth and art is fast becoming the standard popular account of the Roman story-world. It triumphantly redresses the popular perception of classical myth as a predominantly Greek invention; and builds a cohesive narrative from the mass of mythical and historical tales that cluster around the nexus of Rome.