Similes are a particular feature of epic, and those of Homer and Virgil's Aeneid have received considerable attention. This is the first book to examine the more numerous similes in Ovid's Metamorphoses and the ways in which they touch on the most profound issues of the poem.
Similes are a particular feature of epic, and those of Homer and Virgil's Aeneid have received considerable attention. This is the first book to examine the more numerous similes in Ovid's Metamorphoses and the ways in which they touch on the most profound issues of the poem.