List of Figures viii
Preface ix
Abbreviations for Ovid's Works xi
Introduction 1
1 Work 6
2 Life 20
3 Elegy 35
4 Myth 50
5 Art 65
6 Women 81
7 Rome 95
8 Reception 110
Further Reading 128
Notes 141
Ovidian Passages Cited 142
Index 145

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