Ovid Adapted Passage final project

1. Ovid’s MetamorphosesDaphne and Apollo

2. DAY ONE
Introduction to Ovid and Apollo
Passage #1

3. Publius Ovidius Naso
Wrote during the Augustan Age
Some scholars consider his
works to be subversive (secretly
critical) towards Augustus
Ovid writes transformation myths
in his Metamorphoses

4. Apollo
• Son of Zeus and Leto
• God of music and poetry (plays the lyre)
• God of healing and purification
• God of prophecy

5. Apollo and Daphne Myth Preview
After defeating Python (a great snake), prideful Apollo encounters
Cupid holding his own bow and arrows
Apollo tells Cupid such weapons are meant for him (Apollo), a great
victor in battle
Cupid retorts that he has greater glory and his own skills (with
the bow) are powerful enough to defeat even Apollo

6. dixit et eliso percussis aere pennis
impiger umbrosa Parnasi constitit arce
eque sagittifera prompsit duo tela pharetra
diversorum operum: fugat hoc, facit illud amorem;
quod facit, auratum est et cuspide fulget acuta, 470
quod fugat, obtusum est et habet sub harundine plumbum.
hoc deus in nympha Peneide fixit, at illo
laesit Apollineas traiecta per ossa medullas;
protinus alter amat, fugit altera nomen amantis
Original Passage #1 (466-
474)

7. di-xit et e-li-so per-cus-sis a-e-re pen-nis
im-pi-ger um-bro-sa Par-na-si con-sti-tit ar-ce
e-que sa-git-ti-fe-ra promp-sit du-o te-la pha-re-tra
di-ver-sor-u(m) op-e-rum: fu-gat hoc, fa-cit ill-ud am-o-rem;
quod fa-cit, au-ra-tu(m) est et cus-pi-de ful-get a-cu-ta
-Heavy syllables are blue and light are pink
-Brown is anceps (free syllable at the end of a line which can be either long
or short)
Scansion Review

8. dixit et ēlīsō percūssīs äere pennīs
impiger umbrosa Parnasi constitit arce
eque sagittiferā prompsit duo tēla pharetrā
diversorum operum: fugat hoc, facit illud amorem;
quod facit, auratum est et cuspide fulget acuta, 470
quod fugat, obtusum est et habet sub harundine plumbum.
hoc deus in nympha Peneide fixit, at illo
laesit Apollineās traiecta per ossa medullās;
protinus alter amat, fugit altera nomen amantis
Figures of Speech

9. Adapted Passage #1 (466-474)
Amor dīxit et, fractō aere percussīs pennīs,
impiger umbrōsā arce Parnāsī cōnstitit
duoque tēla dīversōrum operum ē sagittiferā pharetrā prōmpsit:
hoc tēlum fugat, illud tēlum amōrem facit;
illud quod amōrem facit, aurātum et acūtum est, [470]
hoc quod fugat, obtūsum et plumbātum est
Amor hoc tēlum in nymphā Penēide fixit, et
illud telum Phoebum laesit;
sūbitō Phoebus amat, Daphne nōmen amantis fugit

10. Modern Equivalents to
Cupid’s Arrows

11. What do you think about
Apollo, a god of healing and
prophecy, being struck by
Cupid’s arrow?
What do you think will happen
next?
Discussion Question #1

12. DAY TWO
Augustus’ Apollo and Ovid’s Apollo
Passage #2

13. Apollo in the Augustan Age
Augustus associated Apollo
iconography with his own
promotion and image
He connected the Palatine
Temple of Apollo (dedicated in
28 BCE) to his own Palatine
home
He placed laurel (the tree of
Apollo) on his door and wore it
in his own hair

14. Apollo in the Augustan Age Cont.
Adopted title “Actian Apollo” for the god after victory against
Antony
Presented Apollo as avenger and warlike

15. How do you think Augustus
would have wanted Apollo
portrayed?
Discussion Question #2

16. Original Passage #2
(1.504-511)
'nympha, precor, Penei, mane! non insequor hostis;
nympha, mane! sic agna lupum, sic cerva leonem, 505
sic aquilam penna fugiunt trepidante columbae,
hostes quaeque suos: amor est mihi causa sequendi!
me miserum! ne prona cadas indignave laedi
crura notent sentes et sim tibi causa doloris!
aspera, qua properas, loca sunt: moderatius, oro, 510
curre fugamque inhibe, moderatius insequar ipse.

17. Figures of Speech?
'nympha, precor, Pēnēi, manē! non insequor hostis;
nympha, mane! sīc agna lupum, sīc cerva leonem, 505
sīc aquilam penna fugiunt trepidante columbae,
hostes quaeque suos: amor est mihi causa sequendi!
me miserum! ne prona cadas indignave laedi
crura notent sentes et sim tibi causa doloris!
aspera, qua properas, loca sunt: moderatius, oro, 510
curre fugamque inhibe, moderatius insequar ipse.

18. Original Passage #2
Cont.(1.512-518)
cui placeas, inquire tamen: non incola montis,
non ego sum pastor, non hic armenta gregesque
horridus observo. nescis, temeraria, nescis,
quem fugias, ideoque fugis: mihi Delphica tellus 515
et Claros et Tenedos Patareaque regia servit;
Iuppiter est genitor; per me, quod eritque fuitque
estque, patet; per me concordant carmina nervis.

19. Figures of Speech?
cui placeas, inquire tamen: nōn incola montis,
nōn ego sum pastor, nōn hīc armenta gregēsque
horridus observō. nescis, temeraria, nescis,
quem fugias, ideoque fugis: mihi Delphica tellus 515
et Claros et Tenedos Patareaque regia servit;
Iuppiter est genitor; per mē, quod eritque fuitque
estque, patet; per mē concordant carmina nervīs.

20. Adapted Passage #2 (ll. 504-509)
'nympha, precor, Pēnēi, manē! nōn īnsequor hostis; nympha,
manē!
sīcut agna lupum fugit, sīcut cerva leōnem fugit, [505]
sīcut columbae pennā trepidante aquilam fugiunt,
sīcut quaeque suōs hostēs fugit:
amor est causa sequendī mihi! mē miserum!
nē prōna cadās, aut sentēs crūra indigna laedī
notent, et sim tibi causa dolōris!

21. Adapted Passage # 2 Cont. (ll.510-
518)aspera sunt loca, in quibus properās: curre moderātius, [510]
precor, inhibē fugam, ego ipse insequar moderātius.
inquīre tamen, cui placeās: non incola montis sum,
nōn ego sum pastor, nōn horridus observō hīc armenta gregēsque.
nescīs quem temeraria fugiās, ideōque fugis:
habeō Delphicam tellūrem; [515]
Iuppiter est meus genitor; ostendō quod eritque fuitque
estque; per mē concordant carmina nervīs.

22. How the Myth Ends
• Daphne calls upon her father to
save her and he transforms her
into a laurel tree
• Apollo reaches the tree and
embraces it
• Because he cannot take
Daphne as his wife, he takes
her as his tree
• The laurel becomes a symbol of
Apollo and victory (a symbol
Augustus himself used)

23. What sort of pursuit is Apollo making in Ovid’s
story?
One for hunt, love, victory?
All of the above?
Discussion Question #3
How does this fit in
with Augustus’
presentation of
Apollo?

24. DAY THREE
Shakespearean Comparison

25. Shakespearean
Comparison Introduction
In this passage (scene ii, act II) from Shakespeare’s A
Midsummer Night’s Dream, Demtrius seeks the couple
Hermia (whom he loves) and Lysander in the woods
and Helena, in love with Demetrius, follows after him.
Later in the story, the creature Puck
uses a flower (one supposedly struck by
Cupid’s arrow) to cause the lovers to
involuntarily fall erroneously in love with
others from the group.

26. Midsummer Night’s Dream Comparison
Helena, about her love for Demetrius, says:
“O that my prayers could such affection move!” (1.1.197).
Demetrius to Helena says: “I’ll run from thee, and hide me in the brakes” (2.2.227)
Helena, in pursuit, responds: “The story shall be changed
Apollo flies, and Daphne holds the chase;
The dove pursues the griffin; the mild hind
Makes speed to catch the tiger” (2.1.230-4)

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