Katharina Volk 
Ovid 

This book provides a unique and accessible introduction to the
complete works of Ovid. Using a thematic approach, Volk lays out
what we know about Ovid’s life, presents the author’s works within
their poetic genres, and discusses central Ovidian themes.

* The first general introduction to Ovid written in English in
over 20 years, offering the very latest Ovidian scholarship

* Discusses the complete works of Ovid

* Accessible writing and a thematic approach make this text ideal
for a broad audience

* A current revival in Ovid makes this timely edition highly
valuable

Spis treści

List of Figures viii

Preface ix

Abbreviations for Ovid’s Works xi

Introduction 1

1 Work 6

2 Life 20

3 Elegy 35

4 Myth 50

5 Art 65

6 Women 81

7 Rome 95

8 Reception 110

Further Reading 128

Notes 141

Ovidian Passages Cited 142

Index 145

O autorze

Katharina Volk is Associate Professor of Classics at Columbia University. She is the author of The Poetics of Latin Didactic: Lucretius, Vergil, Ovid, Manilius (2002) and Manilius and his Intellectual Background (2009) and the editor of Seeing Seneca Whole: Perspectives on Philosophy, Poetry and Politics (with Gareth D. Williams, 2006), Oxford Readings in Classical Studies: Vergil’s Eclogues (2008), and Oxford Readings in Classical Studies: Vergil’s Georgics (2008).