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Metamorphoses

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Author : Ovid
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 1955

Metamorphoses written by Ovid and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1955 with History categories.

"Ovid is, after Homer, the single most important source for classical mythology. The Metamorphoses, which he wrote over the six-year period leading up to his exile from Rome in 8 a.d. , is the primary source for over two hundred classical legends that survived to the twenty-first century. Many of the most familiar classical myths, including the stories of Apollo and Daphne and Pyramus and Thisbe, come directly from Ovid. The Metamorphoses is a twelve-thousand-line poem, written in dactylic hexameters and arranged loosely in chronological order from the beginning of the universe's creation to the Augustan Rome of Ovid's own time. The major theme of the Metamorphoses, as the title suggests, is metamorphosis, or change. Throughout the fifteen books making up the Metamorphoses, the idea of change is pervasive. Gods are continually transforming their own selves and shapes, as well as the shapes and beings of humans. The theme of power is also ever-present in Ovid's work. The gods as depicted by the Roman poets are wrathful, vengeful, capricious creatures who are forever turning their powers against weaker mortals and half-mortals, especially females. Ovid's own situation as a poet who was exiled because of Augustus's capriciousness is thought by many to be reflected in his depictions of the relationships between the gods and humans." -- from http://www.enotes.com/metamorphoses-of-ovid (Jan. 24, 2011.)

Ovid S Metamorphoses

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Author : Ovid
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 1997

Ovid S Metamorphoses written by Ovid and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Drama categories.

Ovid's Metamorphosesis a weaving-together of classical myths, extending in time from the creation of the world to the death of Julius Caesar. This volume provides the Latin text of the first five books of the poem and the most detailed commentary available in English of these books.

Ovid S Metamorphoses

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Author : Karl Galinsky
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1975-01-01

Ovid S Metamorphoses written by Karl Galinsky and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975-01-01 with Literary Criticism categories.

The main purpose of this book is to provide an introduction, in the form of a literary study, both to the major aspects of the Metamorphoses and to Ovid's basic aims in the poem. -- Book Jacket.

Ovid S Metamorphoses

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Author : Ovid
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2002

Ovid S Metamorphoses written by Ovid and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with History categories.

This landmark translation of Ovid was acclaimed by Ezra Pound as "the most beautiful book in the language (my opinion and I suspect it was Shakespeare's)". Ovid's deliciously witty and poignant epic starts with the creation of the world and brings together a series of ingeniously linked myths and legends in which men and women are transformed -- often by love -- into flowers, trees, stones, and stars. Golding's robustly vernacular version was the first major English translation and decisively influenced Shakespeare, Spenser, and the character of English Renaissance writing.

Ovid S Metamorphoses Bk V Viii

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Author : Ovid
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1794

Ovid S Metamorphoses Bk V Viii written by Ovid and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1794 with categories.

Metamorphoses Books I Viii

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Author : Ovid
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1960

Metamorphoses Books I Viii written by Ovid and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1960 with categories.

Metamorphoses

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Author : Ovid
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 1998-05-07

Metamorphoses written by Ovid and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-05-07 with Poetry categories.

The theme of the Metamorphoses is change and transformation, as illustrated in Graeco-Roman myth and legend. On this ostensibly unifying thread Ovid strings together a vast and kaleidoscopic sequence of brilliant narratives, in which the often paradoxical and always arbitrary fates of his human and divine characters reflect the never-ending flux and reflux of the universe itself. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.