The stories in Ovid’s Metamorphosis explore many elements of human nature, including love and sexuality. Many of the myths involve a god falling in love with a girl, as Zeus does with Io (pg. 21). They may also involve a girl not wanting anything to do with love in any way, idolizing Diana, Goddess of the Maidens. There are many sides to love and sexuality in the book. Metamorphosis explores ancient Roman and Greek ideals …showed first 75 words of 1429 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1429 total…addresses the issue and comes up with a solution, one woman should become a man. Ovid’s ideals, and those of his society, are reflected in his literature. The fact that some of the issues that he addresses are taken lightly indicate that they had different values than we do. They valued the reverence of the gods over their own ideals and morals, they valued men more than women, they seemed to want no equality.