What is it about?
This is an analysis of the recurrences of sapiens and sapientia in Ovid's work. The author uses these words in different senses: in the erotic works, they refer to the ability to work out something; in the epic, they label the good orator; finally, in the exile work, they define the actual philosopher.
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Why is it important?
This is the first study of this semantic field in Ovid, and it shows how the poet develops semantics in different ways regarding different literary genres.
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This page is a summary of: Ouidius sapiens, February 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP),
DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780197610336.003.0002.
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