This BBC podcast is an amazing tool in expressing Ovid's intentions and provides a bit of context to the tales Ovid writes about. They discuss the various transformations that Ovid represents and also talk about how progressive of a thinker Ovid was. One thing I found extremely surprising is learning that Ovid was already making assumptions about evolution far before Darwin ever walked the earth.
Perhaps the Metamorphoses was one of the most forefront works of its time for shaping the minds of the people.
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