Ovid Metamorphoses - Part II

Forbidden Archetype

• Human curiosity
• Orpheus and Eurydice
  • She dies twice
  • Lot's wife
  • Dismemberment symbolism
    • Often associated with sacrifice
    • Christ as Orpheus
• Myrrha and Cinyras
  • The Pygmalion connection
  • Virgin archetype unresolved
  • Electra complex
• Pomona and Vertumnus
  • Closed garden
  • Note the potential scandal the sub-story and ending with Pomona giving in.
  • Offence to Augustine morality

Witch Archetype

• Circe
  • Transformation Magic
  • Covert vs. Overt
• Compared to Medea - niece of Circe

Rape - Forceful Taking

• Peleus and Thetis
  • Symbolic images
  • Deep Cave
  • Asleep
  • Binding
• Rape of the Sabines' Women
• Medusa

Vengeance

• Venus
  • Pygmalion
  • Atalanta and Hippomenes
• Glaucus and Scylla
• Circe and Picus

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