Close	JJ	O
reading	NN	O
of	IN	O
Ovid	NP	B-AAUTHOR
's	POS	I-AAUTHOR
ecphrastic	JJ	O
depiction	NN	O
of	IN	O
two	CD	O
Centaur	NN	O
lovers	NNS	O
at	IN	O
met.	NP	B-REFAUWORK
12	CD	B-REFSCOPE
,	,	I-REFSCOPE
393-428	CD	I-REFSCOPE
reveals	NNS	O
that	WDT	O
Ovid	NP	O
uses	VBZ	O
allusions	NNS	O
to	TO	O
Lucretius	NP	B-REFAUWORK
2	CD	B-REFSCOPE
,	,	I-REFSCOPE
700-702	CD	I-REFSCOPE
;	:	I-REFSCOPE
4	CD	B-REFSCOPE
,	,	I-REFSCOPE
739-744	CD	I-REFSCOPE
;	:	I-REFSCOPE
and	CC	O
5	CD	B-REFSCOPE
,	,	I-REFSCOPE
878-898	CD	I-REFSCOPE
,	,	O
as	RB	O
well	RB	O
as	IN	O
to	TO	O
his	PP$	O
own	JJ	O
work	NN	O
(	(	O
ars	NN	B-REFAUWORK
3	CD	B-REFSCOPE
,	,	I-REFSCOPE
133-198	CD	I-REFSCOPE
)	)	I-REFSCOPE
to	TO	O
explore	VB	O
both	DT	O
hybridity	NN	O
itself	PP	O
and	CC	O
the	DT	O
possible	JJ	O
combinations	NNS	O
of	IN	O
a	DT	O
number	NN	O
of	IN	O
conceptual	JJ	O
opposites	NNS	O
:	:	O
«	)	O
natura	NN	O
»	(	O
and	CC	O
«	)	O
cultus	NN	O
»	(	O
,	,	O
human	JJ	O
and	CC	O
animal	JJ	O
,	,	O
male	JJ	O
and	CC	O
female	JJ	O
,	,	O
love	NN	O
and	CC	O
war	NN	O
,	,	O
and	CC	O
the	DT	O
contrasting	VBG	O
values	NNS	O
of	IN	O
lyric-elegiac	NN	O
and	CC	O
epic	NN	O
poetry	NN	O
.	SENT	O

The	DT	O
issues	NNS	O
explored	VBN	O
within	IN	O
this	DT	O
digression	NN	O
reflect	VBP	O
a	DT	O
concern	NN	O
with	IN	O
similar	JJ	O
issues	NNS	O
in	IN	O
the	DT	O
wider	JJR	O
context	NN	O
of	IN	O
Book	NP	B-REFSCOPE
12	CD	I-REFSCOPE
and	CC	O
of	IN	O
the	DT	O
«	)	B-AWORK
Metamorphoses	NNS	I-AWORK
»	(	I-AWORK
as	IN	O
a	DT	O
whole	NN	O
.	SENT	O