Stephanie McCarter

Associate Professor of Classical Languages, University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee

Stephanie McCarter is a Classics professor at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee. Her translation of Ovid’s Metamorphoses into iambic pentameter has just been published by Penguin Classics.

Written by Stephanie McCarter

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STORIES AND LITERATURE

Ovid’s tales of mutual love show he was more than a poet of rape

Ovid’s epic poem explores two sides of the Roman idea of love: one led by violence and domination, the other by mutual desire

by Stephanie McCarter

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FRIENDSHIP

Horace’s lyrics of friendship offer hope to our troubled world

In the poetics of Horace, friendship is the best way to seek the good life even in the midst of crises beyond our control

by Stephanie McCarter