We start by trying to establish the terms of the moral universe Ovid depicts. Are the gods meant to be figures of ridicule? Does Ovid take them seriously at all? Are the linked vignettes which comprise the Metamorphoses, for the most part, meant to have the qualities of fables? Lessons? Horror movies? Jokes? Jove brought change and decay into the world by the introduction of seasons. Does this poem, which is after all a poem of change, transformation, and decay, praise him for this or vilify him? Or does Ovid simply report on a world he finds ludicrous, laughable, and sad, without any moral judgements implied one way or another? Is Ovid trying to take the piss out of Vergil? For these questions and many more (but no answers) one must listen to this episode of the Key.