Abstract

MAINERO, Jorge. The first metamorphosis: the cosmogony of Ovid and the image of the poet in the light of the theories of W. Burkert. Circe clás. mod. [online]. 2012, vol.16, n.2, pp.73-88. ISSN 1851-1724.

Ovid's epic poem, a mythical and etiologic world history, starts with a story about the origin of the world, followed by the creation of man. Thus, the first metamorphosis is the transformation of chaos into cosmos. The text continues with a description of the decreasing Ages, since the establishment of a harmonious order is always followed by its dissolution (HOLZBERG 2002: 120). This work intends to study ovidian cosmogony and anthropogony starting from specific categories set out by W. BURKERT (1999: 87-106) and explore the relationship between what has been termed technomorphic character of cosmogony and the figure of the poet itself.

Keywords : Cosmology; Cosmogony; Anthropogony; Metamorphosis; Survival.

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