Dante, Ovid, and the Transformation of Metamorphosis

In the seventh bolgia of the Inferno, Dante encounters the thieves, who are punished by undergoing an horrific series of Ovid-like metamorphoses in which men are changed into snakes or unidentifiable amalgams of matter. Since theft violates particular justice, which is a dynamic process that coordin...

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Main Author: Ginsberg, Warren (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge University Press 1991
In: Traditio
Year: 1991, Volume: 46, Pages: 205-233
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