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"Ab ovo" unum est e duobus generibus narrationis ab Horatio in carmine suo titulo Ars poëtica distinctis, qui in his versibus de Homero canit:
Horatius hic ad ovum Ledae alludit unde natae sunt geminae Helena et Clytaemnestra. Helena enim a Paride rapta causa fuerit belli Troiani. Poëta autem non a tali origine, sed "in medias res" narrationem Iliadis incipit.
Id genus narrativum Laurentius Sterne se adhibere pretendit in mythistoria The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy (1759), ubi Tristram vitam suam e coitu parentium narrat. Sic iocose explicat:
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