La metamorfosi in movimento

Abstract The taste for myth of Pierre Klossowski, Pascal Quignard and Roberto Calasso is expressed, among other things, in their common passion for Ovid’s Metamorphoses . In this article, we are going to analyse the ephemeral relationships established by the metamorphoses of Diana-Artemis: guardian of chastity, formidable seductress, sovereign of the hunt. Thus, we will be trying to emphasise the specific perceptions of the goddess: an involuntary temptress for Klossowski, an exhibitionist predator for Quignard, a pitiless amazon for Calasso. Our goal is to prove, on the one hand, that the fascinating beauty exerts an irrepressible attraction, which incites the desire to penetrate the unknown, the unrevealed, the concealed, and to demonstrate, on the other hand, that her metamorphosis offers the opportunity to go back to the original animality.