Ovid and Hesiod: the metamorphosis of The catalogue of women

This work argues that a profound engagement with Hesiod is central to Ovid's poetic world.

The influence on Ovid of Hesiod, the most important archaic Greek poet after Homer, has been underestimated.

Yet, as this book shows, a profound engagement with Hesiod's themes is central to Ovid's poetic world.