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Metamorphoses
Ovid
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Description for Metamorphoses
Hardcover. Presents author's sequence of fifteen witty and playful poems which sketches the history of the world from its creation to the poet's own time through a series of transformation myths in which gods and goddesses succumb to all-too-human passions, not least in the matter of love. Translator(s): Mandelbaum, Allen. Num Pages: 568 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 164 x 33. Weight in Grams: 610.
One of the founding texts of Western literature, the Metamorphoses is nevertheless anything but earnest or off-putting. Ovid’s sequence of fifteen witty and playful poems sketches the history of the world from its creation to the poet’s own time through a series of transformation myths in which gods and goddesses succumb to all-too-human passions, not least in the matter of love. Frequently translated, imitated and paraphrased.
One of the founding texts of Western literature, the Metamorphoses is nevertheless anything but earnest or off-putting. Ovid’s sequence of fifteen witty and playful poems sketches the history of the world from its creation to the poet’s own time through a series of transformation myths in which gods and goddesses succumb to all-too-human passions, not least in the matter of love. Frequently translated, imitated and paraphrased.
Product Details
Publisher
Everyman
Number of pages
568
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1968
Condition
New
Number of Pages
568
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781841593586
SKU
V9781841593586
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99-6
About Ovid
Publius Ovidius Naso, known to the English world as Ovid, was born in 43 BC in the Abruzzo, Italy, studied oratory in Rome and travelled to Greece. Intended for public career, he instead devoted himself to poetry. Amongst his other works are the Amores (loves), Heroides (heroines) and the Arts Amatoria (art of love). For reasons which remain unclear, he ... Read more
Reviews for Metamorphoses
"He is the greatest German writer of our time. Such poets as Rilke or such novelists as Thomas Mann are dwarfs or plaster saints in comparison to him" Vladimir Nabokov