AN EXILIC MEDITATION: OVID'S ARACHNE AS ARTISTIC REBELLION, POLITICAL ALLEGORY, AND PERSONAL ALLUSION.
This article examines Ovid's depiction of the Arachne myth in the Metamorphoses (6:1-145). Within the context of Augustan Rome, it explores the intricate dynamics of power, artistic autonomy, and the interplay between divine intervention and human agency in relation to the Arachne narrative. Moreove...
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