The Cambridge Companion to Ovid Ovid was one of the greatest writers of classical antiquity, and arguably the single most influential ancient poet for post-classical literature and culture. In this Cambridge Companion chapters by leading authorities from Europe and North America discuss the backgrounds and contexts for Ovid, the individual works, and his influence on later literature and art. Coverage of essential infor- mation is combined with exciting new critical approaches. This Companion is designed both as an accessible handbook for the general reader who wishes to learn about Ovid, and as a series of stimulating essays for students of Latin poetry and of the classical tradition. Cambridge Companions Online © Cambridge University Press, 2006 CAMBRIDGE COMPANIONS TO LITERATURE The Cambridge Companion to Greek The Cambridge Companion to American Tragedy Realism and Naturalism edited by P. E. 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West Cambridge Companions Online © Cambridge University Press, 2006 THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO OVID EDITED BY PHILIP HARDIE University Reader in Latin Literature in the University of Cambridge, and Fellow of New Hall Cambridge Companions Online © Cambridge University Press, 2006 published by the press syndicate of the university of cambridge The Pitt Building, Trumpington Street, Cambridge, United Kingdom cambridge university press The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge cb2 2ru,UK 40 West 20th Street, New York, ny 10011-4211,USA 477 Williamstown Road, Port Melbourne, vic 3207, Australia Ruiz de Alarcon´ 13, 28014 Madrid, Spain Dock House, The Waterfront, Cape Town 8001, South Africa http://www.cambridge.org C Cambridge University Press 2002 This book is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. First published 2002 Reprinted 2003 Printed in the United Kingdom at the University Press, Cambridge Typeface Sabon 10/13 pt. System LATEX 2ε [TB] A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication data The Cambridge companion to Ovid / edited by Philip Hardie. p. cm. (Cambridge companions to literature) Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 0 521 77281 8 (hardback) isbn 0 521 77528 0 (paperback) 1. Ovid, 43 bc–17 or 18 ad – Criticism and interpretation – Handbooks, manuals, etc. 2. Epistolary poetry, Latin – History and criticism – Handbooks, manuals, etc. 3. Didactic poetry, Latin – History and criticism – Handbooks, manuals, etc. 4. Love poetry, Latin – History and criticism – Handbooks, manuals, etc. 5. Mythology, Classical, in literature – Handbooks, manuals, etc. i. Title: Companion to Ovid. ii. Hardie, Philip R. iii. Series. pa6537 .c28 2002 871.01–dc21 2001037923 isbn 0 521 77281 8 hardback isbn 0 521 77528 0 paperback Cambridge Companions Online © Cambridge University Press, 2006 CONTENTS List of illustrations page x List of contributors xii Preface xvi Introduction 1 philip hardie Part 1: Contexts and history 1 Ovid and ancient literary history 13 richard tarrant 2 Ovid and early imperial literature 34 philip hardie 3 Ovid and empire 46 thomas habinek 4 Ovid and the professional discourses of scholarship, religion, rhetoric 62 alessandro schiesaro Part 2: Themes and works 5 Ovid and genre: evolutions of an elegist 79 stephen harrison 6 Gender and sexuality 95 alison sharrock vii Cambridge Companions Online © Cambridge University Press, 2006 Contents 7 Myth in Ovid 108 fritz graf 8 Landscape with figures: aesthetics of place in the Metamorphoses and its tradition 122 stephen hinds 9 Ovid and the discourses of love: the amatory works 150 alison sharrock 10 Metamorphosis in the Metamorphoses 163 andrew feldherr 11 Narrative technique and narratology in the Metamorphoses 180 alessandro barchiesi 12 Mandati memores: political and poetic authority in the Fasti 200 carole newlands 13 Epistolarity: the Heroides 217 duncan f. kennedy 14 Ovid’s exile poetry: Tristia, Epistulae ex Ponto and Ibis 233 gareth williams Part 3: Reception 15 Ovid in English translation 249 raphael lyne 16 Ovid in the Middle Ages: authority and poetry 264 jeremy dimmick 17 Love and exile after Ovid 288 raphael lyne 18 Re-embodying