Spring \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0New Beltane Moon<\/p>\n
An interesting proposition. \u00a0Greg, my Latin tutor, and I have talked off and on about \u00a0writing a commentary for new learners of Ovid’s Metamorphoses. \u00a0Today he asked me to think about it with an eye toward moving our teacher-student relationship more toward collaborators. \u00a0It sounds fun and worthwhile to me.<\/p>\n
Ovid’s text serves as the headwaters for most of Greek mythology as it enters the Western literary stream. \u00a0In that sense it is an important work in the historical study of Western literature. \u00a0A great read, too, it’s full of stories, captivating narratives that have a major twist at the end, so it is, as well, an excellent example of Western literature itself.<\/p>\n
And commentaries last. \u00a0A good commentary on The Metamorphoses, even one that covers only part of the 15 books, could introduce students to this elegant citizen of Augustan Rome for decades, even centuries to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Spring \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0New Beltane Moon An interesting proposition. \u00a0Greg, my Latin tutor, and I have talked off and on about \u00a0writing a commentary for … Continue reading A Comment-ary<\/span>