Metamorphoses
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Publishing Details
Metamorphoses
By (Author) Ovid
Penguin Books Ltd
Penguin Classics
14th April 2004
29th January 2004
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Ancient, classical and medieval texts
871.01
Physical Properties
Paperback
768
Width 130mm, Height 198mm, Spine 34mm
528g
Description
"I think this version is terrific. The light enjambed English hexameters are a great success. The effect is properly propulsive." - Prof A D Nuttall, Oxford Ovid's deliciously witty and exuberant epic starts with the creation of the world and brings together a series of ingeniously linked Greek and Roman myths and legends in which men and women are transformed, often by love - into flowers, trees, stones and stars. This new verse translation, in simple and swift English hexameters, allows Ovid's narrative to flow - pulling the reader along with it.
Reviews
A good translation in clear, dignified, poetic English -- Prof Elaine Fantham, Princeton
I think this version is terrific. The light enjambed English hexameters are a great success. The effect is properly propulsive -- Prof A D Nuttall, Oxford
Author Bio
DAVID RAEBURN is a lecturer in Classics at Oxford. He has translated Sophocles & directed numerous school/ university productions of Greek tragedies. DENIS FEENEY is Professor of Classics at Princeton. RICHARD ASHDOWNE is in the Department of Comparative Philology, Linguisits and Phonetics, Oxford.
