🎨This year, the @rijksmuseum.bsky.social smuseum in Amsterdam has opened a new exhibition on Ovid's Metamorphoses, featuring an array of paintings inspired by the ancient Roman poet.
Comment your favourite artistic reimagining of Ovid's Metamorphoses below! 👇
#classicsforall #rijksmuseum
Comment your favourite artistic reimagining of Ovid's Metamorphoses below! 👇
#classicsforall #rijksmuseum
January 21, 2026 at 10:29 PM
OVID's METAMORPHOSES 1717 DRYDEN CONGREVE ROWE GAY POPE GARTH 1st ENGRAVINGS
#books #antiquarian #firstedition #Ovid #Metamorphoses #Dryden #Congreve #engravings #17thcentury #bookauction
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#books #antiquarian #firstedition #Ovid #Metamorphoses #Dryden #Congreve #engravings #17thcentury #bookauction
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April 21, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Call For Papers: Teaching With Ovid.
Any aspect of teaching Ovid in the classroom, for a 2-day symposium on 12-13 June 2026.
Classicist teaching Ovid? Medievalist teaching the Ovide moralise? Librarian/archivist with historic copies of Ovid to share? Take a look: shorturl.at/RiviU
Deadline 16 Jan.
Any aspect of teaching Ovid in the classroom, for a 2-day symposium on 12-13 June 2026.
Classicist teaching Ovid? Medievalist teaching the Ovide moralise? Librarian/archivist with historic copies of Ovid to share? Take a look: shorturl.at/RiviU
Deadline 16 Jan.
October 11, 2025 at 6:30 AM
March 7, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Ovid writing at his desk, beneath the initial 'I'(n) of Bk I of the Metamorphoses
BnF MS Latin 8016; P. Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoseon libri quindecim; 15th century (c.1485 CE); Italy (Rome); f.1r
@gallicabnf.bsky.social
BnF MS Latin 8016; P. Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoseon libri quindecim; 15th century (c.1485 CE); Italy (Rome); f.1r
@gallicabnf.bsky.social
August 1, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Congratulations to @rebeccamenmuir.bsky.social on the publication of her *fabulous* book!!
August 13, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Initial 'I'(n nova fert) depicting Ovid writing, at the beginning of book 1 of the Metamorphoses
Cologny, Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 125; Ovid, Metamorphoses; 14th century (around 1320?); Italy; f.1r (e-codices.ch/en/list/one/...)
Cologny, Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 125; Ovid, Metamorphoses; 14th century (around 1320?); Italy; f.1r (e-codices.ch/en/list/one/...)
August 1, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Pallas and Arachne at the loom: beware of offending Pallas.......🕷️
BL Royal 17 E IV; Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses, second anonymous French translation (Ovide moralisé); 15th century; Netherlands, S.; f.87v
BL Royal 17 E IV; Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses, second anonymous French translation (Ovide moralisé); 15th century; Netherlands, S.; f.87v
August 23, 2025 at 9:05 PM
It's #NationaPoetryDay
A shout-out to the poem - and @stephaniemccarter.bsky.social important translation - that's been my professional companion for nearly 35 years:
Ovid's Metamorphoses
#OvidAlert
Metamorphoses share.google/PnR5o35WDQPb...
A shout-out to the poem - and @stephaniemccarter.bsky.social important translation - that's been my professional companion for nearly 35 years:
Ovid's Metamorphoses
#OvidAlert
Metamorphoses share.google/PnR5o35WDQPb...
Metamorphoses
A bold, transformative new translation of Ovid's classic
Ovid's epic poem has, with its timeless stories, inspired and influenced generations of writers and artists, from Shakespeare and Chaucer to P...
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October 1, 2026 at 7:39 AM
It's #NationaPoetryDay
A shout-out to the poem - and @stephaniemccarter.bsky.social important translation - that's been my professional companion for nearly 35 years:
Ovid's Metamorphoses
#OvidAlert
Metamorphoses share.google/PnR5o35WDQPb...
A shout-out to the poem - and @stephaniemccarter.bsky.social important translation - that's been my professional companion for nearly 35 years:
Ovid's Metamorphoses
#OvidAlert
Metamorphoses share.google/PnR5o35WDQPb...
Our conference 'Teaching with Ovid' kicks off today! 2 days of sharing pedagogical insights, theories, and practical exercises from 30 educators who teach Ovid, or teach with Ovid.
Here's the programme, and be in touch if you'd like to join! drive.google.com/file/d/1nbLa...
Here's the programme, and be in touch if you'd like to join! drive.google.com/file/d/1nbLa...
Programme: Teaching With Ovid 2026
drive.google.com
June 12, 2026 at 9:12 AM
GEORGE SANDYS 1632 OVIDS METAMORPHOSIS Mythologiz'd ENGRAVINGS Aeneis VIRGIL
#books #antiquarian #history #17thcentury #Ovid #Virgil #Metamorphoses #bookauction
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#books #antiquarian #history #17thcentury #Ovid #Virgil #Metamorphoses #bookauction
bit.ly/4jNTfy0
May 7, 2025 at 12:06 PM
I gave my paper on Ovid’s exile works at #ASCS46 yesterday. This is a dumb piece of artwork I made for it that I am highkey v proud of
February 4, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Starting my Sunday by writing about Marlowe's 'All Ovid's Elegies' Book 3, Elegia 6 for a proposed volume of essays on Ovid and Theory 1100-1600
If you know Marlowe's translation of the Amores - especially this poem - you'll maybe understand why I'm struggling to capture the text's tone
#OvidAlert
If you know Marlowe's translation of the Amores - especially this poem - you'll maybe understand why I'm struggling to capture the text's tone
#OvidAlert
July 26, 2026 at 8:56 AM
Starting my Sunday by writing about Marlowe's 'All Ovid's Elegies' Book 3, Elegia 6 for a proposed volume of essays on Ovid and Theory 1100-1600
If you know Marlowe's translation of the Amores - especially this poem - you'll maybe understand why I'm struggling to capture the text's tone
#OvidAlert
If you know Marlowe's translation of the Amores - especially this poem - you'll maybe understand why I'm struggling to capture the text's tone
#OvidAlert
November 27, 2025 at 8:43 AM
On #NationalPoetryDay, celebrating Ovid's amazing poem Metamorphoses
#OvidAlert
classics.mit.edu/Ovid/metam.1...
#OvidAlert
classics.mit.edu/Ovid/metam.1...
The Internet Classics Archive | Metamorphoses by Ovid
Metamorphoses by Ovid, part of the Internet Classics Archive
classics.mit.edu
October 2, 2025 at 3:49 PM
On #NationalPoetryDay, celebrating Ovid's amazing poem Metamorphoses
#OvidAlert
classics.mit.edu/Ovid/metam.1...
#OvidAlert
classics.mit.edu/Ovid/metam.1...
Our Year 2 student Josie Guess is taking a version of their first-year English Literature assessment to this year's Edinburgh Fringe
"Daphne: Not Ovid's Metamorphoses but Daphne's"
👇🌳
#OvidAlert
"Daphne: Not Ovid's Metamorphoses but Daphne's"
👇🌳
#OvidAlert
July 30, 2025 at 10:24 AM
#OvidAlert
"Climate change to identity: The vital lessons in Metamorphoses, Ovid's 2,000-year-old poem" - BBC Culture share.google/iI0gtMq6gWDZ...
"Climate change to identity: The vital lessons in Metamorphoses, Ovid's 2,000-year-old poem" - BBC Culture share.google/iI0gtMq6gWDZ...
Climate change to identity: The vital lessons in Metamorphoses, Ovid's 2,000-year-old poem
Metamorphoses, an ancient compendium of Greek myths, has surprising parallels with contemporary concerns, from climate change to gender-based violence.
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March 27, 2026 at 11:12 PM
#OvidAlert
"Climate change to identity: The vital lessons in Metamorphoses, Ovid's 2,000-year-old poem" - BBC Culture share.google/iI0gtMq6gWDZ...
"Climate change to identity: The vital lessons in Metamorphoses, Ovid's 2,000-year-old poem" - BBC Culture share.google/iI0gtMq6gWDZ...
Can’t wait for our roundtable on new editions of the medieval Ovid at this year’s @kzooicms.bsky.social, with some Ovidian editors! This Friday.
Featuring Frank Coulson, Kyle Gervais, Robin Bockerman, Sarah-Jane Murray, and Mattheiu Boyd. In the last 5 years alone, they have published editions of…
Featuring Frank Coulson, Kyle Gervais, Robin Bockerman, Sarah-Jane Murray, and Mattheiu Boyd. In the last 5 years alone, they have published editions of…
May 10, 2025 at 5:57 AM
An especially brilliant issue of the always brilliant 'Green Letters ' @asleuki.bsky.social
arrived in the post this week 👇
#OvidAlert
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arrived in the post this week 👇
#OvidAlert
share.google/5bgc3TP9XQFg...
Green Letters
Trees in Ancient Greek and Roman Poetry: An Ecocritical Approach to Classics. Volume 29, Issue 2 of Green Letters
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November 23, 2025 at 10:57 AM
An especially brilliant issue of the always brilliant 'Green Letters ' @asleuki.bsky.social
arrived in the post this week 👇
#OvidAlert
share.google/5bgc3TP9XQFg...
arrived in the post this week 👇
#OvidAlert
share.google/5bgc3TP9XQFg...
Ovid’s Metamorphoses and the environmental imagination – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2025/2025.02...
bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2025/2025.02...
Ovid’s Metamorphoses and the environmental imagination – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
bmcr.brynmawr.edu
February 24, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Our Year 2 student Josie Guess is taking a version of their first-year English Literature assessment to this year's Edinburgh Fringe
"Daphne: Not Ovid's Metamorphoses but Daphne's"
👇🌳
#OvidAlert
"Daphne: Not Ovid's Metamorphoses but Daphne's"
👇🌳
#OvidAlert
June 26, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Our Year 2 student Josie Guess is taking a version of their first-year English Literature assessment to this year's Edinburgh Fringe
"Daphne: Not Ovid's Metamorphoses but Daphne's"
👇🌳
#OvidAlert
"Daphne: Not Ovid's Metamorphoses but Daphne's"
👇🌳
#OvidAlert
For the past few years, little bags of stone tied with inscribed labels have appeared alongside/ within "Daphne"
#DaphneProjectLancs
#OvidAlert
#DaphneProjectLancs
#OvidAlert
April 8, 2026 at 8:57 AM
For the past few years, little bags of stone tied with inscribed labels have appeared alongside/ within "Daphne"
#DaphneProjectLancs
#OvidAlert
#DaphneProjectLancs
#OvidAlert
In 2022, our then third-year student Beth Train-Brown* (now our PG student)
published a poetry collection with @renardpress.com which took inspiration from our first-year English Literature course
The titular poem - "Salmacis: Becoming Not Quite a Woman" - is based on Ovidian myth
#OvidAlert
published a poetry collection with @renardpress.com which took inspiration from our first-year English Literature course
The titular poem - "Salmacis: Becoming Not Quite a Woman" - is based on Ovidian myth
#OvidAlert
June 26, 2025 at 2:56 PM
In 2022, our then third-year student Beth Train-Brown* (now our PG student)
published a poetry collection with @renardpress.com which took inspiration from our first-year English Literature course
The titular poem - "Salmacis: Becoming Not Quite a Woman" - is based on Ovidian myth
#OvidAlert
published a poetry collection with @renardpress.com which took inspiration from our first-year English Literature course
The titular poem - "Salmacis: Becoming Not Quite a Woman" - is based on Ovidian myth
#OvidAlert