What’s Love Got to Do with It? Ovid, the “Love of the Gods,” and Cinquecento Carved Cassoni
In his account of the contest between Pallas and Arachne, Ovid described the latter’s woven work as an elaborate representation of the destructive and uninhibited nature of the Olympian gods when their lust overwhelmed their common sense – a record of their seductions, rapes, and abductions of morta...
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| Language: | English |
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eum edizioni università di macerata
2024-01-01
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| Series: | Il Capitale Culturale: Studies on the Value of Cultural Heritage |
| Online Access: | http://riviste.unimc.it/index.php/cap-cult/article/view/3278 |