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Roman poet Ovid’s dazzling cycle of tales begins with the creation of the world and ends with the deification of Caesar Augustus. In between is a glorious panoply of the most famous myths and legends of the ancient Greek and Roman world—from Echo’s passion for Narcissus to Pygmalion’s living statue, from Perseus’s defeat of Medusa to the fall of Troy. Retold with Ovid’s irreverent flair, these tales are united by the theme of metamorphosis, as men and women are rendered alien to themselves, turned variously to flowers, trees, animals, and stones. The closest thing to a central character is love itself—a confounding, transforming, irrational force that makes fools of gods and mortals alike.
The poem’s playful verses, both sensually earthy and wittily sophisticated, have reverberated through the centuries, inspiring countless artists and writers from Shakespeare to the present. Frequently translated, imitated, and adapted, The Metamorphoses has lost none of its power to provoke and entertain.
- Ovid - Author
- Horace Gregory - Translator
- Sara Myers - Author of introduction, etc.
- Horace Gregory - Author of afterword, colophon, etc.
Kindle Book
- Release date: November 3, 2009
OverDrive Read
- ISBN: 9781101184974
- Release date: November 3, 2009
EPUB ebook
- ISBN: 9781101184974
- File size: 1340 KB
- Release date: November 3, 2009
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