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Forms of Astonishment: Greek Myths of Metamorphosis

by Richard Buxton

In this illustrated study Richard Buxton analyses Greek literary narratives and visual representations of the metapmorphosis of humans and gods, as evidenced from Homer to Nonnos. He investigates such questions as: How do different contexts shape the way in which metamorphosis is narrated? How do the assumptions of commentators about 'strangeness' affect how metamorphosis is interpreted? How far should an interpreter allow 'contextual charity' to render more acceptable a belief such as that in metamorphosis? What are the implications of the notion of 'astonishment' in a range of narratives about transformation? 281p b/w illus (Oxford UP 2009)

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