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The Metamorphoses of Ovid (Hardcover)
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The Metamorphoses of Ovid (Hardcover)
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"The first taste I had for books came to me from my pleasure in the
fables of the Metamorphoses of Ovid. For at about seven or eight
years of age I would steal away from any other pleasure to read
them, inasmuch as this language was my mother tongue, and it was
the easiest book I knew and the best suited by its content to my
tender age." -Michel de Montaigne The Metamorphoses of Ovid (8 AD)
is an epic poem by Ovid. Published the same year the poet was sent
into exile for the rest of his life, the Metamorphoses are the
crowning achievement of the first major poet of the Roman empire.
Written in dactylic hexameter, the meter of Homer's Iliad and
Odyssey and of Virgil's Aeneid, Ovid's work is an epic poem of
transformations, of shape-shifting matter and beings bound to the
power of love. Taking as its scope the whole history of the
universe from the arrangement of order from chaos to the death of
Julius Caesar, the Metamorphoses pays heed to desire's ability to
enact long-lasting and at times irreversible change. The story
begins at the very beginning, with the creation of the cosmos out
of nothing, of order out of unimaginable chaos. Gods and goddesses
have their moment in the sun, mankind is born only to be wiped out
by an immense flood, then to rise again. Amidst countless
little-known descriptions of war, romance, and change are the
timeless tales of Perseus, Jason and Medea, Theseus and the
Minotaur, and the labors of Hercules. Icarus soars too close to the
sun. Orpheus tragically condemns Eurydice to the underworld. Troy
is built and destroyed, the immortal Achilles is killed, and Aeneas
sets sail to save his life and lay the foundations for Rome itself.
Throughout these interwoven stories of individual and epochal
change, Ovid explores the inescapability of love and death,
essential themes both shared by all and constitutive of everything
that was or ever will be. The Metamorphoses of Ovid is an intricate
masterpiece of world literature that stands the test of time just
as much as it defines it. With a beautifully designed cover and
professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of The
Metamorphoses of Ovid is a classic work of Roman literature
reimagined for modern readers.
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