التجسيد في ديوان التحولات لأوفيديوس

Abstract EN

Ovid's Metamorphoses haveifour set-pieceiscenes iniwhich personifications, and theirieffects, are depicted atilength: Invidia “Envy” (II.760-832), Famesi“Hunger” (VIII.777-822), Somnusi “sleep” (XI.583-656) and Fama “Rumour” (XII.

39-63).

Ovid revealed his ingenuity inidescribing and enliveningithese ideas.

He also excellediin depicting ofitheir locus.

This certainly does not represent aniinnovation from Ovid, as theseiideas wereialready dealt with in the previousiliteraryiheritage.

Nevertheless, the poetideveloped these scattered allusions in the heritage, devising wideriscenes, in which theseiideas occupied a unique position, and played a significant roleiin the developmentiof events.

No one before Ovid describedithe locus of theseiallegoricalipersonifications except Hesiod.

This paper aims to offerian overall analysisiof theseifour allegorical personifications, andiillustrate whatioccurred in literary heritage regarding these personificationsiwhile underlining their effectsion Ovid.

Afterianalyzing Ovid's description of each one of these ideas, weiwill study theirifunctions in the scenes in which they appear, andiat the sameitime, we will make some comparisonsibetween the four ideas.