Sign-In
Cart
The Metamorphoses of Ovid
Paperback
Currently unavailable to order
Please enter your email and a message will be sent to you when this product becomes available on our website.
ISBN10: 1558493999
ISBN13: 9781558493995
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
Published: Apr 30 2003
Pages: 512
Weight: 1.86
Height: 1.29 Width: 6.26 Depth: 9.30
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781558493995
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
Published: Apr 30 2003
Pages: 512
Weight: 1.86
Height: 1.29 Width: 6.26 Depth: 9.30
Language: English
Composed in Latin in the early years of the first century by the Roman poet Ovid, the Metamorphoses presents a collection of amazing tales of transformation based on Greek mythology and legend. Michael Simpson's prose translation of Ovid's masterpiece in the rapid and direct American idiom catches the swiftness and clarity of the Latin original. His introduction sketches the poet's life, describes his extant works, discusses his unusual exile to the west coast of the Black Sea (where he died), and provides a useful context for reading the Metamorphoses.
Simpson has also prepared extensive endnotes that serve as mini-essays, illuminating the manifold aspects of the poem and offering commentary and interpretation that enable readers to enter Ovid's magical world and enjoy its richness.
Also in
General Poetry
I Am Maria: My Reflections and Poems on Heartbreak, Healing, and Finding Your Way Home
Shriver, Maria
Hardcover
$28.50
Penelope's Bones: A New History of Homer's World Through the Women Written Out of It
Hauser, Emily
Hardcover
$28.50
Ariel: The Restored Edition: A Facsimile of Plath's Manuscript, Reinstating Her Original Selection and Arrangement
Plath, Sylvia
Paperback
$18.99
Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching: A Book about the Way and the Power of the Way
Le Guin, Ursula K.
Lao Tzu
Paperback
$15.26
Fascinating Stories of Forgotten Lives: Rediscovering Some Old Testament Characters 9
Swindoll, Charles R.
Paperback
$19.99