OVID AS A PLATONIST - Peter Kelly , Ovid and Plato. Disturbing Realities. Pp. xii + 194, ill. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2025. Cased, £90. ISBN: 978-1-009-60151-1.

Key Points

• The aim is to assess how Ovid interprets and reworks Platonic philosophy.
• Review of Ovid's interpretations in the context of Platonic lessons
• Analysis of the paradoxical and unsystematic elements of Ovid's philosophy
• Ovid retains core Platonic ideas while modifying them
• The reinterpretation showcases paradoxical perspectives on philosophical concepts