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Metamorphoses: A New Verse Translation (Penguin Classics)
'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
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
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ASIN : 014044789X
Publisher : Penguin Classics; Revised ed. edition (29 Jan. 2004)
Language : English
Paperback : 768 pages
ISBN-10 : 9780140447897
ISBN-13 : 978-0140447897
Dimensions : 19.8 x 12.9 x 4.17 cm
Best Sellers Rank: 8,420 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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19 in Love Poetry (Books)
26 in Mystical Poetry
Customer reviews: 4.7
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ASIN : 014044789X
Publisher : Penguin Classics; Revised ed. edition (29 Jan. 2004)
Language : English
Paperback : 768 pages
ISBN-10 : 9780140447897
ISBN-13 : 978-0140447897
Dimensions : 19.8 x 12.9 x 4.17 cm
Best Sellers Rank: 8,420 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
17 in Epics
19 in Love Poetry (Books)
26 in Mystical Poetry
Customer reviews: 4.7
1,231 ratings
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