Metamorphosis in Classical Literature and its Reception in European Modern Literature

变态故事在欧洲文学中占有显著的地位。这一流派中最著名的作品是奥维德用拉丁文写的《变形记》。BC。然而，早在奥维德之前400年，希腊文学中就已经出现了许多关于变形的故事。其中，现存最古老的作品是《安东尼·利伯利斯的变形记》，包含41个变形故事。这部作品非常重要，对奥维德和后来的许多作家都产生了很大的影响。然而，在日本并没有得到很好的研究，这本书的日文译本也从未出版过。因此，在这个研究项目中，我尝试对Antoninus Liberalis的《变形记》进行了细致的研究，首先将其翻译成日文，其次对文本进行了非常详细的评论。在评注中，强调了以下几点：(1)为什么“变态”的概念会出现在古希腊人的脑海中，对于那些把自己定义为“必死”的人来说，这意味着什么？他们是否认为即使他/她经历了变形，这个人的身份也会保持不变？(2)当奥维德创作《变形记》时，他受安东尼努斯·利伯利斯作品的影响有多大？奥维德是如何通过使用传统的母题来创造他的独创性的？在这个研究项目中，对后来欧洲文学中变态观念的接受的研究并没有得到很好的发展。这个问题应该留在我以后的学习中。安东尼诺斯·Liberalis的《变形记》日文译本将在一年内出版，并附有讲坛社的评论。

The stories of metamorphosis would claim a conspicuous position in the European literature. The most famous work of this genre would be the Metamorphoses by Ovid written in Latin in1C. BC. However, even 400 years before Ovid, many stories of metamorphosis were already composed in Greek Literature. Among them, the oldest extant work is the Metamorphoses of Antoninus Liberalis, which contains 41 stories of metamorphosis. This work was so significant that it made a great influence on Ovid and many other later writers. It has not, however, been well studied in Japan, and the Japanese translation of this book has never been published. So, in this research project, I tried a close study on Antoninus Liberalis' Metamorphoses, firstly translating it into Japanese, and secondly, putting a very detailed commentary on the text.In the commentary, the emphasis was made on the following points :(1)Why did the concept of "metamorphosis" come out of the mind of the Ancient Greek people, and what does it mean for them who defined themselves as "mortal"? Did they think that the identity of the person would be maintained even after he/she experienced metamorphosis?(2)When Ovid composed his Metamorphoses, how much was he affected by the work of Antoninus Liberalis, and how did Ovid create his originality, by using the traditional motifs?The study on the reception of the idea of metamorphosis in the later European literature was not well developed in this research project. This problem should be left in my future studies. The Japanese translation of Antoninus Liberalis' Metamorphoses will be published with its commentary from Kodan-sha in a year.