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Ovid, Metamorphoses, 6.82-6.145


amplectens saxoque iacens lacrimare videtur.that spans new glory in the curving sky


Circuit extremas oleis pacalibus oras:its glittering rays reflected in the rain


is modus est, operisque sua facit arbore finem.preads out a multitude of blended tints


Maeonis elusam designat imagine tauriin scintillating beauty to the sight


Europam: verum taurum, freta vera putares.of all who gaze upon it; — so the threads


Ipsa videbatur terras spectare relictasinwoven, mingled in a thousand tints


et comites clamare suas tactumque vereriharmonious and contrasting; shot with gold:


adsilientis aquae timidasque reducere plantas.and there, depicted in those shining webs


Fecit et Asterien aquila luctante teneriwere shown the histories of ancient days:—
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addidit, ut satyri celatus imagine pulchramwhere ancient Cecrops built his citadel


Iuppiter implerit gemino Nycteida fetuand showed the old contention for the name


Amphitryon fuerit, cum te, Tirynthia, cepitit should be given.—Twelve celestial God


aureus ut Danaen, Asopida luserit ignisurrounded Jupiter , on lofty thrones;


Mnemosynen pastor, varius Deoida serpens.and all their features were so nicely drawn


Te quoque mutatum torvo, Neptune, iuvencothat each could be distinguished.— Jupiter


virgine in Aeolia posuit. Tu visus Enipeusappeared as monarch of those judging Gods.
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et te flava comas frugum mitissima matercontending with Minerva. As he struck


sensit equum, sensit volucrem crinita colubristhe Rock with his long trident, a wild horse


mater equi volucris, sensit delphina Melantho.prang forth which he bequeathed to man. He claimed


Omnibus his faciemque suam faciemque locorumhis right to name the city for that gift.
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utque modo accipitris pennas, modo terga leonisbearing a shield, and in her hand a lance


gesserit, ut pastor Macareida luserit Issen;harp-pointed, and a helmet on her head—


Liber ut Erigonen falsa deceperit uvaher breast well-guarded by her Aegis: there


ut Saturnus equo geminum Chirona crearit.he struck her spear into the fertile earth


Ultima pars telae, tenui circumdata limbofrom which a branch of olive seemed to sprout


nexilibus flores hederis habet intertextos.pale with new clustered fruits.—And those twelve Gods


Non illud Pallas, non illud carpere Livorappeared to judge, that olive as a gift


possit opus. Doluit successu flava viragourpassed the horse which Neptune gave to man.
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Utque Cytoriaco radium de monte tenebatmight learn the folly of her mad attempt


ter quater Idmoniae frontem percussit Arachnes.from the great deeds of ancient histories


Non tulit infelix laqueoque animosa ligavitand what award presumption must expect


guttura. Pendentem Pallas miserata levavitMinerva wove four corners with life scene


atque ita “vive quidem, pende tamen, improba” dixit:of contest, brightly colored, but of size


“lexque eadem poenae, ne sis secura futuridiminutive.
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Post ea discedens sucis Hecateidos herbaethe snow-clad mountains, Rhodope


sparsit; et extemplo tristi medicamine tactaeand Haemus , which for punishment were changed


defluxere comae, cum quis et naris et auresfrom human beings to those rigid forms


fitque caput minimum, toto quoque corpore parva est:when they aspired to rival the high Gods.


in latere exiles digiti pro cruribus haerentAnd in another corner she described


cetera venter habet: de quo tamen illa remittitthat Pygmy, whom the angry Juno changed


stamen et antiquas exercet aranea telas.from queen-ship to a crane; because she thought


mirarique deos: operis Victoria finis.from her desire to gain the victory.


Ut tamen exemplis intellegat aemula laudisNor did the daughter of almighty Jove


quod pretium speret pro tam furialibus ausisdecline: disdaining to delay with words


quattuor in partes certamina quattuor addithe hesitated not.
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Threiciam Rhodopen habet angulus unus et Haemumelected their positions, stretched their web


(nunc gelidi montes, mortalia corpora quondam !)with finest warp, and separated warp with sley.


nomina summorum sibi qui tribuere deorum.The woof was next inserted in the web


Altera Pygmaeae fatum miserabile matrisby means of the sharp shuttles, which


pars habet: hanc Iuno victam certamine iussittheir nimble fingers pushed along, so drawn


esse gruem populisque suis indicere bella.within the warp, and so the teeth notched in


Pinxit et Antigonen ausam contendere quondamthe moving sley might strike them.—Both, in haste


cum magni consorte Iovis, quam regia Iunogirded their garments to their breasts and moved


in volucrem vertit; nec profuit Ilion illitheir skilful arms, beguiling their fatigue


Laomedonve pater, sumptis quin candida pennisin eager action.
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Qui superest solus, Cinyran habet angulus orbum;besides the Tyrian purple—royal dye


isque gradus templi, natarum membra suarumextracted in brass vessels.—As the bow


Intertexts (texts cited often on the same page as the searched text):

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1. Ovid, Metamorphoses, 1.175-1.176, 2.873-2.875, 6.1-6.99, 6.101-6.145, 15.852-15.879 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. CE)

2. Ovid, Tristia, 2.207-2.212 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. CE)



Subjects of this text:

subject book bibliographic info
aetiology, origins, causae Erker, Ambiguity and Religion in Ovid’s Fasti: Religious Innovation and the Imperial Family (2023) 56, 240
agriculture Johnson, Ovid before Exile: Art and Punishment in the Metamorphoses (2008) 85
ahl, frederick m. Johnson, Ovid before Exile: Art and Punishment in the Metamorphoses (2008) 85
alexandrian poetry Erker, Ambiguity and Religion in Ovid’s Fasti: Religious Innovation and the Imperial Family (2023) 240
antiquarian literature Erker, Ambiguity and Religion in Ovid’s Fasti: Religious Innovation and the Imperial Family (2023) 56
apollo Johnson, Ovid before Exile: Art and Punishment in the Metamorphoses (2008) 85
arachne, as victim Johnson, Ovid before Exile: Art and Punishment in the Metamorphoses (2008) 85
arachne, contest with minerva Johnson, Ovid before Exile: Art and Punishment in the Metamorphoses (2008) 85
arachne Pandey, The Poetics of Power in Augustan Rome (2018) 21, 22
artists and gods Pandey, The Poetics of Power in Augustan Rome (2018) 21, 22
astronomy, stars Erker, Ambiguity and Religion in Ovid’s Fasti: Religious Innovation and the Imperial Family (2023) 56
audience, confrontation of Johnson, Ovid before Exile: Art and Punishment in the Metamorphoses (2008) 85
audiences, power of Pandey, The Poetics of Power in Augustan Rome (2018) 21, 22
augustan religious innovations Erker, Ambiguity and Religion in Ovid’s Fasti: Religious Innovation and the Imperial Family (2023) 56
augustus, augustus house on the palatine Erker, Ambiguity and Religion in Ovid’s Fasti: Religious Innovation and the Imperial Family (2023) 240
augustus/octavian, as reader Pandey, The Poetics of Power in Augustan Rome (2018) 22
augustus/octavian, relation with the gods Pandey, The Poetics of Power in Augustan Rome (2018) 21, 22
autocracy Pandey, The Poetics of Power in Augustan Rome (2018) 21
calendar Erker, Ambiguity and Religion in Ovid’s Fasti: Religious Innovation and the Imperial Family (2023) 56
celsus Nicklas and Spittler, Credible, Incredible: The Miraculous in the Ancient Mediterranean. (2013) 196
closeness to the gods, of augustus and vesta Erker, Ambiguity and Religion in Ovid’s Fasti: Religious Innovation and the Imperial Family (2023) 240
comedy Erker, Ambiguity and Religion in Ovid’s Fasti: Religious Innovation and the Imperial Family (2023) 240
concordia, concord Erker, Ambiguity and Religion in Ovid’s Fasti: Religious Innovation and the Imperial Family (2023) 56
daphne Johnson, Ovid before Exile: Art and Punishment in the Metamorphoses (2008) 85
discrepancies in the imperial discourse Erker, Ambiguity and Religion in Ovid’s Fasti: Religious Innovation and the Imperial Family (2023) 56
disguise Johnson, Ovid before Exile: Art and Punishment in the Metamorphoses (2008) 85
dishonesty, as motif in weaving competition Johnson, Ovid before Exile: Art and Punishment in the Metamorphoses (2008) 85
doubt Erker, Ambiguity and Religion in Ovid’s Fasti: Religious Innovation and the Imperial Family (2023) 56, 240
dynastic strife Erker, Ambiguity and Religion in Ovid’s Fasti: Religious Innovation and the Imperial Family (2023) 56
epic Pandey, The Poetics of Power in Augustan Rome (2018) 21
eulogy Erker, Ambiguity and Religion in Ovid’s Fasti: Religious Innovation and the Imperial Family (2023) 56, 240
fasti praenestini Erker, Ambiguity and Religion in Ovid’s Fasti: Religious Innovation and the Imperial Family (2023) 56
hermeneutic, alibi Pandey, The Poetics of Power in Augustan Rome (2018) 21
hyperbole Erker, Ambiguity and Religion in Ovid’s Fasti: Religious Innovation and the Imperial Family (2023) 56
immortality Pandey, The Poetics of Power in Augustan Rome (2018) 22
imperial family Erker, Ambiguity and Religion in Ovid’s Fasti: Religious Innovation and the Imperial Family (2023) 56, 240
inventions, of aetiologies Erker, Ambiguity and Religion in Ovid’s Fasti: Religious Innovation and the Imperial Family (2023) 56
io Johnson, Ovid before Exile: Art and Punishment in the Metamorphoses (2008) 85
irony, ironic Erker, Ambiguity and Religion in Ovid’s Fasti: Religious Innovation and the Imperial Family (2023) 56, 240
irreverence Erker, Ambiguity and Religion in Ovid’s Fasti: Religious Innovation and the Imperial Family (2023) 240
judgment Pandey, The Poetics of Power in Augustan Rome (2018) 21, 22
jupiter Erker, Ambiguity and Religion in Ovid’s Fasti: Religious Innovation and the Imperial Family (2023) 240
jupiter (zeus), rapes by Johnson, Ovid before Exile: Art and Punishment in the Metamorphoses (2008) 85
linkages, narrative Johnson, Ovid before Exile: Art and Punishment in the Metamorphoses (2008) 85
literary genre Erker, Ambiguity and Religion in Ovid’s Fasti: Religious Innovation and the Imperial Family (2023) 56
lotis Erker, Ambiguity and Religion in Ovid’s Fasti: Religious Innovation and the Imperial Family (2023) 240
mercury Erker, Ambiguity and Religion in Ovid’s Fasti: Religious Innovation and the Imperial Family (2023) 240
mime, mimus Erker, Ambiguity and Religion in Ovid’s Fasti: Religious Innovation and the Imperial Family (2023) 240
minerva (athena), chastity and virginity enforced by Johnson, Ovid before Exile: Art and Punishment in the Metamorphoses (2008) 85
morality, moralistic language, immoral behaviour Erker, Ambiguity and Religion in Ovid’s Fasti: Religious Innovation and the Imperial Family (2023) 56
morality Pandey, The Poetics of Power in Augustan Rome (2018) 22
narrative structures, linking devices Johnson, Ovid before Exile: Art and Punishment in the Metamorphoses (2008) 85
olympians, disguise before mortals Johnson, Ovid before Exile: Art and Punishment in the Metamorphoses (2008) 85
ovids poems, metamorphoses Erker, Ambiguity and Religion in Ovid’s Fasti: Religious Innovation and the Imperial Family (2023) 56, 240
pax augusta Erker, Ambiguity and Religion in Ovid’s Fasti: Religious Innovation and the Imperial Family (2023) 240
performance Pandey, The Poetics of Power in Augustan Rome (2018) 21
phallus Erker, Ambiguity and Religion in Ovid’s Fasti: Religious Innovation and the Imperial Family (2023) 240
playfulness Erker, Ambiguity and Religion in Ovid’s Fasti: Religious Innovation and the Imperial Family (2023) 56
poets, rivalry with the princeps Pandey, The Poetics of Power in Augustan Rome (2018) 22
power, and figured speech of the weak Johnson, Ovid before Exile: Art and Punishment in the Metamorphoses (2008) 85
power, arbitrary Pandey, The Poetics of Power in Augustan Rome (2018) 21
power, mortal / immortal imbalance of Johnson, Ovid before Exile: Art and Punishment in the Metamorphoses (2008) 85
power, of audiences Pandey, The Poetics of Power in Augustan Rome (2018) 21, 22
priapus Erker, Ambiguity and Religion in Ovid’s Fasti: Religious Innovation and the Imperial Family (2023) 240
propaganda Pandey, The Poetics of Power in Augustan Rome (2018) 21
rapes, as subject of arachnes tapestry Johnson, Ovid before Exile: Art and Punishment in the Metamorphoses (2008) 85
realism Johnson, Ovid before Exile: Art and Punishment in the Metamorphoses (2008) 85
relation with reality Pandey, The Poetics of Power in Augustan Rome (2018) 22
religious-political legitimisation Erker, Ambiguity and Religion in Ovid’s Fasti: Religious Innovation and the Imperial Family (2023) 56
religious innovations Erker, Ambiguity and Religion in Ovid’s Fasti: Religious Innovation and the Imperial Family (2023) 56
revisionary Pandey, The Poetics of Power in Augustan Rome (2018) 22
sexual subjects in art, on arachnes tapestry Johnson, Ovid before Exile: Art and Punishment in the Metamorphoses (2008) 85
sexual subjects in art, realism and Johnson, Ovid before Exile: Art and Punishment in the Metamorphoses (2008) 85
sexuality Erker, Ambiguity and Religion in Ovid’s Fasti: Religious Innovation and the Imperial Family (2023) 56, 240
spinning and weaving Erker, Ambiguity and Religion in Ovid’s Fasti: Religious Innovation and the Imperial Family (2023) 240
transformations, as dissimulation by the olympians Johnson, Ovid before Exile: Art and Punishment in the Metamorphoses (2008) 85
verrius flaccus Erker, Ambiguity and Religion in Ovid’s Fasti: Religious Innovation and the Imperial Family (2023) 56
vesta Erker, Ambiguity and Religion in Ovid’s Fasti: Religious Innovation and the Imperial Family (2023) 240
vicomagistri Erker, Ambiguity and Religion in Ovid’s Fasti: Religious Innovation and the Imperial Family (2023) 240
virginity or chastity, minerva as enforcer of Johnson, Ovid before Exile: Art and Punishment in the Metamorphoses (2008) 85
visual texts Pandey, The Poetics of Power in Augustan Rome (2018) 21, 22
weaving, arachne as victim in contest Johnson, Ovid before Exile: Art and Punishment in the Metamorphoses (2008) 85
women' Pandey, The Poetics of Power in Augustan Rome (2018) 21