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Metamorphosis

Ovid Mary M. Innes Mary Innes

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English
Penguin Classics
29 December 2000
Mary Innes's classic translation of one of the supreme masterpieces of Latin literature, Ovid's Metamorphosis.

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.
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Translated by:   ,
Imprint:   Penguin Classics
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 200mm,  Width: 130mm,  Spine: 20mm
Weight:   271g
ISBN:   9780140440584
ISBN 10:   0140440585
Pages:   368
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Ovid was born in 43 BC in central Italy. He was sent to Rome where he realised that his talent lay with poetry rather than with politics. His first published work was 'Amores', a collection of short love poems. He was expelled in A.D. 8 by Emperor Augustus for an unknown reason and went to Tomis on the Black Sea, where he died in AD 17. Mary M. Innes graduated from Glasgow and Oxford Universities and subsequently taught in the universities of Belfast and Aberdeen, before spending some twenty years proving to schoolgirls that classical languages can and should be enjoyed.

Reviews for Metamorphosis

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


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