Metamorphoses - a New Verse Translation (Paperback, Revised)

'Still remarkably vivid. It is easier to read this for pure pleasure than just about any other ancient text' Nicholas Lezard, Guardian Ovid's sensuous and witty poem begins with the creation of the world and 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 extraordinary new beings. Including the well-known stories of Daedalus and Icarus, Pyramus and Thisbe, Pygmalion, Perseus and Andromeda, and the fall of Troy, the Metamorphoses has influenced writers and artists from Shakespeare and Chaucer to Picasso and Ted Hughes. This translation by David Raeburn is in hexameter verse, which brilliantly captures the energy and spontaneity of the original. Translated by DAVID RAEBURN with an Introduction by DENIS FEENEY

General

Imprint:	Penguin Classics
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	February 2004
First published:	August 2004
Authors:	Ovid
Dimensions:	198 x 128 x 32mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	723
Edition:	Revised
ISBN-13:	978-0-14-044789-7
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	Latin
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Poetry texts & anthologies > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > Classical, early & medieval
LSN:	0-14-044789-X
Barcode:	9780140447897

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