This analysis uncovers the conduit motif within the love triangle of Polyphemus, Acis, and Galatea, highlighting its implications for narrative interpretation.
This contribution applies a motif from fan fiction, the conduit, to the love triangle of Polyphemus, Acis, and Galatea in the Ancient Roman poet Ovid's Metamorphoses (ca. 8 CE). Reading this passage of Ovid through the lens of the conduit helps explain the role of the female narrator Galatea and Ovid's addition to the story of Acis, provides a fitting modern interpretive tool for this ancient story, and enacts a reparative reading of the text.
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