Katharina Volk 
Ovid 

This book provides a unique and accessible introduction to the
complete works of Ovid. Using a thematic approach, Volk lays out
what we know about Ovid’s life, presents the author’s works within
their poetic genres, and discusses central Ovidian themes.

* The first general introduction to Ovid written in English in
over 20 years, offering the very latest Ovidian scholarship

* Discusses the complete works of Ovid

* Accessible writing and a thematic approach make this text ideal
for a broad audience

* A current revival in Ovid makes this timely edition highly
valuable

Tabella dei contenuti

List of Figures viii

Preface ix

Abbreviations for Ovid’s Works xi

Introduction 1

1 Work 6

2 Life 20

3 Elegy 35

4 Myth 50

5 Art 65

6 Women 81

7 Rome 95

8 Reception 110

Further Reading 128

Notes 141

Ovidian Passages Cited 142

Index 145

Circa l’autore

Katharina Volk is Associate Professor of Classics at Columbia University. She is the author of The Poetics of Latin Didactic: Lucretius, Vergil, Ovid, Manilius (2002) and Manilius and his Intellectual Background (2009) and the editor of Seeing Seneca Whole: Perspectives on Philosophy, Poetry and Politics (with Gareth D. Williams, 2006), Oxford Readings in Classical Studies: Vergil’s Eclogues (2008), and Oxford Readings in Classical Studies: Vergil’s Georgics (2008).