Reflections in a Serpent's Eye: Thebes in Ovid's Metamorphoses

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Oxford University Press, 2009 - Rome - 276 pages
A study of the role of the city of Thebes in Books 2 and 3 of Ovid's Metamorphoses. Micaela Janan uses the psychoanalytic theory of Freud and Lacan to argue that the strangely fantastical way in which Thebes is presented shows Ovid posing questions that ultimately relate to the concept of collective identity.

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