{"product_id":"ovidius-mythistoricus-von-thomas-cole","title":"Ovidius Mythistoricus","description":"\n                                The \n                \n                \u003ci\u003eMetamorphoses\u003c\/i\u003e\n                                 is rarely read as history, but its immediate models were both historiographical: the \n                \n                \u003ci\u003eChronica\u003c\/i\u003e\n                                 of Castor of Rhodes and the \n                \n                \u003ci\u003eDe Gente Populi Romani\u003c\/i\u003e\n                                 of Marcus Terentius Varro. They determined the poem’s chronological ordering of episodes and anticipated the way it views dynastic history in the «mythical» era of Greece and Italy as both a prelude to, and a source of precedents for, Roman \n                \n                \u003ci\u003eimperium\u003c\/i\u003e\n                                 and Roman ruler cult. Ovid’s myth-historical poem is true to the «facts» of \n                \n                \u003ci\u003efabularis historia\u003c\/i\u003e\n                                 transmitted in Varro and Castor in the same way realistic historical novels are true to those of \n                \n                \u003ci\u003evera historia\u003c\/i\u003e\n                                , but it combines fact with fictional supplements to create its own interpretation of the period dealt with. The result is a collective \n                \n                \u003ci\u003eBildungsroman\u003c\/i\u003e\n                                 taking mankind from its beginnings under divine \n                \n                \u003ci\u003epatria potestas\u003c\/i\u003e\n                                 (books 1-5) past the erotic and military adventurism of 6-13 into a period of maturity (14-15) during which a series of leaders culminating in Augustus join or supplant the gods as guarantors of the universal rule of reason and law.\n            \n            \u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9783631569597\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003eLegendary Time in the Metamorphoses\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Autorenwelt Shop","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9783631569597","offer_id":53751387226437,"sku":"9783631569597","price":68.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/d413dac5-59dd-4644-95ed-1e3ea7ee8e75.jpg?v=1776143808","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/en\/products\/ovidius-mythistoricus-von-thomas-cole","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}