Metamorphoses by Ovid
Ovid's witty and exuberant epic starts with the creation of the world and brings together a series of ingeniously linked Greek and Roman myths and legends in which men and women are transformed, often by love - into flowers, trees, stones and stars.
A good translation in clear, dignified, poetic English -- Prof Elaine Fantham, Princeton
I think this version is terrificThe light enjambed English hexameters are a great success. The effect is properly propulsive -- Prof A D Nuttall, Oxford
I think this version is terrificThe light enjambed English hexameters are a great success. The effect is properly propulsive -- Prof A D Nuttall, Oxford
DAVID RAEBURN is a lecturer in Classics at Oxford. He has translated Sophocles & directed numerous school/ university productions of Greek tragedies. DENIS FEENEY is Professor of Classics at Princeton. RICHARD ASHDOWNE is in the Department of Comparative Philology, Linguisits and Phonetics, Oxford.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780140447897 |
| ISBN 10 | 014044789X |
| Title | Metamorphoses |
| Author | Ovid |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2004-01-29 |
| Number of pages | 768 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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