Ovid’s Metamorphoses (AD 3-8) was not originally as controversial as his other poetic works. But as centuries have passed, its notoriety has increased. Recent calls to provide trigger-warnings to ...

Cornelia, Mother of the Gracchi, Pointing to Her Children as Her Treasures by Angelica Kauffman (1785). Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond Even if you haven’t heard of Ovid, you almost certainly ...