Bibliograph

Metamorphoses, a new verse translation, Ovid ; translated by David Raeburn, with an introduction by Denis Feeney

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Metamorphoses, a new verse translation, Ovid ; translated by David Raeburn, with an introduction by Denis Feeney

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and glossary index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Metamorphoses

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

884311573

Responsibility statement

Ovid ; translated by David Raeburn, with an introduction by Denis Feeney

Sub title

a new verse translation

Summary

"Ovid's sensuous and witty poetry brings together a dazzling array of mythological tales, ingeniously linked by the idea of transformation - often as a result of love or lust - where men and women find themselves magically changed into new and sometimes extraordinary beings. Beginning with the creation of the world and ending with the deification of Augustus, Ovid interweaves many of the best-known myths and legends of Ancient Greece and Rome, including Daedalus and Icarus, Pyramus and Thisbe, Pygmalion, Perseus and Andromeda, and the fall of Troy..."--Publisher description

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