There are three major scenes in Metamorphoses 11: the death of Orpheus, the tempest that destroys Ceyx's ship, and the house of Somnu...

(Apologies for length - this sort of got away from what was intended to be a relatively brief comment.) "Of all the cities that me...

Book 11 of Ovid's poem brings us some of the most vivid tales of the  Metamorphoses -- from the savage dismemberment of Orpheus, to th...

With Book 11, Ovid turns -- if "turn" is the right word -- to Troy, the sacred mother city of Rome. As such, no detail related to...