Ovid’s Metamorphoses #034/111: “Arethusa”

What this project is about.  

This one is from Book 5.

How long it took to read this (aloud): 5 mins 05 secs

What it’s “about”

Beautiful woman minding her own business, goes skinny dipping. Has to flee a creep (the river god, Alpheus), hides in a cloud with protection of her goddess, but then has to be turned to a stream to get away (and does she?)

Words I didn’t know: none – 

Quotable quotes: none

How it lands to my eco-sensibility: Clouds, eh?  And men…

Obvious allusions, ways it was used (that I am aware of already) : xx

What I know I didn’t ‘get’: xx

To my knowledge, who’s used it why/how (RACC): xx

Further research questions: xx

Anything else: xx

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