Our Classics group is currently reading Euripides' Medea,  and of course it brought to mind Ovid's fascination with the enchantress...

The three great voyages of the ancient Mediterranean, in order of occurrence - click to enlarge: Jason Odysseus Aeneas...

Ovid seems never to miss an opportunity to interweave some odd factoid, or bit of legend, into his narrative, introducing these elements se...

(Note: This post is solely for the confirmed Ovidophile, and even he or she might hesitate. I keep finding Ovid to resonate with curious ...

Book 7  of the Metamorphoses  offers recurrent patterns -- there's sorcery, a prophetic dream, rejuvenation, a fulfilled wish, dangerous...

I will lighten my grief by reviling you and you will feel the sting in hearing it. I will begin at the beginning. I saved your skin, ...

 As he did with Perseus, so Ovid will strangely bend the tale of Medea in Book 7, and again he'll seem to shift the emphasis from it...