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Poetry · 8 CE

Metamorphoses

Ovid

Aya Saleh · Ink & Ivy

Poetry · 8 CE · Roman · Ancient

Metamorphoses

Ovid

Interlinked stories of transformation carry the world from creation toward Rome.

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Changing bodies expose the consequences of divine and human power. Narrative ingenuity does not erase the violence inside many transformations.

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