Everything I know I stole from Ovid, Part i

So, there was an awesome post that was supposed to go here but my computer crashed.  So now part one will only be an introduction and I will continue with actual examples tomorrow. 

In my Advanced Latin class we have been translating Ovid's Metamorphoses.  While I am having a terrible time in there because of the difficulty, I am having a great time reading the stories which are referenced in the literature of the Renaissance.  The Metamorphoses does several things:  1) it retells a lot of creation myths and stories of the gods and legendary figures all in one place.  2) it pokes fun at the Epic form by using it to tell these stories, which except by Ovid's use of poetic, are not epic.  3) SO MANY stories get referenced in other things.

Sorry about my computer freaking out.  because of that, this is all you get tonight.  Tomorrow look forward to The Vow Breaker.