Metamorphoses

Ovid, David Raeburn, Denis Feeney

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Penguin Classics
14 April 2004

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Poetry by individual poets; Literary essays; Folklore, myths & legends; Penguin Black Classics

""I think this version is terrific. The light enjambed English hexameters are a great success. The effect is properly propulsive."" - Prof A D Nuttall, Oxford

Ovid's deliciously witty and exuberant epic starts with the creation of the world and brings together a series of ingeniously linked Greek and Roman myths and legends in which men and women are transformed, often by love - into flowers, trees, stones and stars.

This new verse translation, in simple and swift English hexameters, allows Ovid's narrative to flow - pulling the reader along with it.

By: Ovid
Introduction by: Denis Feeney
Translated by: David Raeburn
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 34mm
Weight: 528g
ISBN: 9780140447897
ISBN 10: 014044789X
Pages: 768
Publication Date: 14 April 2004
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

DAVID RAEBURN is a lecturer in Classics at Oxford. He has translated Sophocles & directed numerous school/ university productions of Greek tragedies. DENIS FEENEY is Professor of Classics at Princeton. RICHARD ASHDOWNE is in the Department of Comparative Philology, Linguisits and Phonetics, Oxford.

Reviews for Metamorphoses

I think this version is terrific. The light enjambed English hexameters are a great success. The effect is properly propulsive -- Prof A D Nuttall, Oxford A good translation in clear, dignified, poetic English -- Prof Elaine Fantham, Princeton