{"title":"Death by Elegy: Ovid's Cephalus and Procris","authors":"J. Hejduk","doi":"10.1353/APA.2011.0008","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p class=\"summaryheading\"><span class=\"summaryheading\">summary:</span></p><p>This paper examines how Ovid manipulates the elegiac trio of love, art, and disease/wounding/medicine. In particular, it argues that the stories told by, to, and about Cephalus and Procris in the <i>Ars Amatoria</i> and <i>Metamorphoses</i> reify the clichés of elegy, showing art—like love—to be both deadly and salvific. These themes parallel the affairs of Apollo and the poet's own narrative autobiography.</p>","PeriodicalId":46223,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of the American Philological Association","volume":"45 1","pages":"285 - 314"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7000,"publicationDate":"2011-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"3","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Transactions of the American Philological Association","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1353/APA.2011.0008","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"0","JCRName":"CLASSICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
summary:
This paper examines how Ovid manipulates the elegiac trio of love, art, and disease/wounding/medicine. In particular, it argues that the stories told by, to, and about Cephalus and Procris in the Ars Amatoria and Metamorphoses reify the clichés of elegy, showing art—like love—to be both deadly and salvific. These themes parallel the affairs of Apollo and the poet's own narrative autobiography.
期刊介绍:
Transactions of the APA (TAPA) is the official research publication of the American Philological Association. TAPA reflects the wide range and high quality of research currently undertaken by classicists. Highlights of every issue include: The Presidential Address from the previous year"s conference and Paragraphoi a reflection on the material and response to issues raised in the issue.