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Metamorphoses

Metamorphoses

Innes, Mary M.
Innes, Mary M.
Ovid

Paperback

Series: Penguin Classics

Mythology & FolkloreGeneral Poetry

Publisher Price: $13.00

ISBN10: 0140440585
ISBN13: 9780140440584
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: Oct 30 1955
Pages: 368
Weight: 0.60
Height: 1.10 Width: 5.00 Depth: 7.70
Language: English
Mary Innes's classic prose translation of one of the supreme masterpieces of Latin literature

The most beautiful book in the language (my opinion and I suspect it was Shakespeare's). -Ezra Pound

Ovid drew on Greek mythology, Latin folklore and legend from ever further afield to create a series of narrative poems, ingeniously linked by the common theme of transformation. Here a chaotic universe is subdued into harmonious order: animals turn to stone; men and women become trees and stars. Ovid himself transformed the art of storytelling, infusing these stories with new life through his subtley, humour and understanding of human nature, and elegantly tailoring tone and pace to fit a variety of subjects. The result is a lasting treasure-house of myth and legend.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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