Bachelor thesis | Griekse en Latijnse taal en cultuur (BA)
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This thesis consists of an interpretation of Ovid's catalogue of trees in his Metamorphoses (10.86-105). This interpretation builds upon three notions apparent in the catalogue of trees: Orpheus'...Show moreThis thesis consists of an interpretation of Ovid's catalogue of trees in his Metamorphoses (10.86-105). This interpretation builds upon three notions apparent in the catalogue of trees: Orpheus' key role, the intratextual allusions in the trees, and the catalogue aspect. I have intended to show how these tree notions contribute to a reading of the catalogue of trees as a mise en abyme, and how this mise en abyme proffers a less common understanding of the words with which Ovid himself describes his Metamorphoses: carmen perpetuum (1.4).Show less
