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The story of Apollo and Daphne in Ovid’s Metamorphoses needs a new translation for the #MeToo era

The story of Apollo and Daphne in Ovid’s Metamorphoses needs a new translation for the #MeToo era

Ovid’s tale is a lusty celebration of man’s triumph over nature.

08.10.2025 8

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Alison Habens

A brief history of the muses: the Greek goddesses who provided divine inspiration for ancient poets

In the beginning, there was just one, unnamed, muse. The blind bard Homer (a poet born around around 850BC) invoked her with the words “Sing,...

18.10.2024 2

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Alison Habens