The Muses, the Pierides, the Sirens and Odile Duboc’s Les Fernands
Today in my class I, Tiresias: Ovid’s Mythical Women and Contemporary Feminist Art, we are reading books 5 and 6 of the Roman poet’s epic Metamorphoses. Midway through book 5, we encounter the song of the Muses (which includes, among others, the tale of Proserpina/Persephone’s abduction by Pluto/Hades) which is part of a contest with … Continue reading The Muses, the Pierides, the Sirens and Odile Duboc’s Les Fernands
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