Metamorphoses

Book Description
Ovid’s sensuous and witty poem 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. Erudite but light-hearted, dramatic and yet playful, the Metamorphoses has influenced writers and artists throughout the centuries from Shakespeare and Titian to Picasso and Ted Hughes.

About the Author
Ovid—Publius Ovidius Naso—(43 bce–ce 17 or 18) was born into a wealthy Roman family and became the most distinguished poet of his time. He died in exile on the Black Sea, far from Rome and his literary life. David Raeburn is a lecturer in classics at Oxford University. He has translated Sophocles and directed numerous school and university productions of Greek tragedies. Denis Feeney is a professor of classics at Princeton University.


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The classic verse collection of Greek and Roman myths, compiled by the urbane Roman poet Ovid about the turn of the era, is rendered into easily read modern English free verse by poet and translator Martin. He includes notes on nuances of his translation and on historical and literary allusions. A list identifying people and places and referring to their mention in the text suffices for an index. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


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