Over 2,000 years since being written, and The Metamorphoses remains one of the most influential works in Western literature and culture.
The stories within the book have spawned numerous paintings and sculptures, particularly during the Renaissance. Divided into fifteen books, The Metamorphoses contains over 250 myths, covering the Creation, the ages of mankind, the diverse mythology of gods and goddesses such as Mercury, Bacchus, Diana, Apollo, and Jupiter, the expedition against Troy and it's subsequent fall, the doctrines of Pythagoras, the deification of Julius Caesar - and lots more. With an overall theme of love, Ovid's work tends to elevate humans over the gods, with him frequently mocking the latter. It has inspired authors such as Dante Alighieri, Giovanni Boccaccio, Geoffrey Chaucer, and William Shakespeare and is considered to be Ovid's magnum opus. One of the most important sources of classical mythology, Metamorphoses is a chronicle of the history of the world (from it's creation to Julius Caesar) with a historical-mythological framework. The Metamorphoses is a Latin narrative poem by Ovid, a Roman poet who lived during the reign of Augustus.
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