The point of the book is to help others discover how the notoriously elusive Metamorphoses might be construed as a coherent work of literature. If, that is, we have a means of manipulating the evidence for the interrelations of persons, we have a much improved prospect of understanding how it all fits together. The problem itself may concern a relatively small number of people, but the profound influence exerted by the Met on subsequent European literature and art makes this understanding relevant to a much wider audience. The indexes consist of the following kinds. Character sketch , i.e. names sorted by the person.
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