EPIKUS ÉNEKMONDÓK A METAMORPHOSESBEN
Epic Bards in the Metamorphoses

Summary/Abstract: The song of Calliope (5.338—678) and Orpheus’ cycle (10.1—11.84) in the Metamorphoses are not only parallels of each other, but also can be regarded as miniatures of the larger Ovidian poem. This analyse of the two tale-groups shows a structural balance in the well-known variety of the whole Metamorphoses, and gives further ways to the interpretation of them — as a kind of poetic self-reflexion and conscious aesthetical evidence. This role of the Orpheus-story revises our image on Ovid’s Virgil-imitation as well. We emphasize the dramatic importance of the selfrepresenting bard instead of any parodistic or aemulativ attitude.

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