Metamorphoses

Many of the nondivine women in the Metamorphoses suffer greatly at the hands of gods and goddesses. Still, some of these women find or regain some element of power or agency, sometimes in surprising ways. Pick one example and explain how this woman finds her power or agency.

The Metamorphoses is a product of early imperial Rome. What role does empire or the emperor play in the poem?

There are hundreds of stories within the Metamorphoses, including stories-within-stories and stories-within-stories-within-stories. Pick one example of when Ovid uses a framing device to present a narrative. Explain how the nested story relates to the framing story and why Ovid might have presented these stories in this way.