What this project is about. This one is from Book 4. How long it took to read this (aloud): 3 mins 15s What it’s “about”: Cadmus, bemoaning his Job-like fate, gets turned into a lizard. So does his loyal wife. They skink away. Words I didn’t know: none Quotable quotes: “Bewildered by ill luck that... Continue Reading →
Ovid’s Metamorphoses #028/111: “Ino and Athamus”
What this project is about. This one is from Book 4. In Greek mythology, Ino (/ˈaɪnoʊ/ EYE-noh; Ancient Greek: Ἰνώ [iːnɔ̌ː][1]) was a Theban princess who later became a queen of Boeotia. After her death and transfiguration, she was worshiped as a goddess under her epithet Leucothea, the "white goddess." Alcman called her "Queen of... Continue Reading →
Ovid’s Metamorphoses #027/111: “Salmacis and Hermaphroditus”
What this project is about. This one is from Book 4. How long it took to read this (aloud): 9 mins 2 What it’s “about”: A girl has needs… Salmacis (Ancient Greek: Σαλμακίς) was a naiad of Greek mythology. She rejected the ways of the virginal Greek goddess Artemis in favour of vanity and idleness.... Continue Reading →
Ovid’s Metamorphoses #026/111: “The Sun and Leucothoe”
What this project is about. This one is from Book 4. How long it took to read this (aloud): 6 mins What it’s “about”: A woman being punished for enjoying consensual sex - turned into a flower, poor petal (after her jealous younger sister snitches). In Greek mythology, Leucothoe (Ancient Greek: Λευκοθόη, from λευκός, "white",... Continue Reading →
Ovid’s Metamorphoses #025/111: “Mars and Venus”
What this project is about. This one is from Book 4. How long it took to read this (aloud): 1 mins 46s What it’s “about”: Adulterers are caught in a net… Words I didn’t know: xx Quotable quotes: Then Vulcan's mind went dark; he dropped his work And turned at once to subtle craftsmanship, To... Continue Reading →
Ovid’s Metamorphoses #024/111: “Pyramus and Thisbe”
What this project is about. This one is from Book 4. How long it took to read this (aloud): 11 mins 19 secs What it’s “about”: young lurv thwarted by Bad Luck (and the fates?) Words I didn’t know: thyrsus - In Ancient Greece a thyrsus (/ˈθɜːrsəs/) or thyrsos (/ˈθɜːrsɒs/; Ancient Greek: θύρσος) was a... Continue Reading →
Ovid’s Metamorphoses #023/111: “Pentheus and Bacchus”
What this project is about. This one is from Book 3. How long it took to read this (aloud): 14 mins 25s What it’s “about”: Tiresias tells Pentheus how it is going to play out (gory) and so it does (gory). Some sailors get turned into various kinds of sea life. Gory. Words I didn’t... Continue Reading →
Ovid’s Metamorphoses #022/111: “Echo and Narcissus”
What this project is about. This one is from Book 3. Echo and Narcissus is a myth from Ovid's Metamorphoses, a Roman mythological epic from the Augustan Age. The introduction of the mountain nymph, Echo, into the story of Narcissus, the beautiful youth who rejected Echo and fell in love with his own reflection, appears... Continue Reading →
Tiresias via iambic tetrameter…
I am doing remedial accumulation of cultural capital - (having done Bill Shakespeare, Sherlock Holmes and the New Testament I've moved on to other fiction - Ovid's Metamorphoses. Mostly this stuff goes in one eye and out the other, because you don't use it so much in Day to Day life. Occasionally though, it's sooo... Continue Reading →
Ovid’s Metamorphoses #021/111: “Tiresias”
What this project is about. This one is from Book 3. How long it took to read this (aloud): 1 mins 52s What it’s “about”: So Jove and Juno were fooling ‘round When he complained “I do all the pound. I bet you dames enjoy the fuck More than men” “Boy don’t press your luck”... Continue Reading →
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