Metamorphoses Paperback - 2004
by Ovid; David Raeburn (Translator); Introduction by Denis Feeney
Ovid's sensuous and witty poem 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 new and sometimes extraordinary beings. Beginning with the creation of the world and ending with the deification of Augustus, Ovid interweaves many of the best-known myths and legends of ancient Greece and Rome, including Daedalus and Icarus, Pyramus and Thisbe, Pygmalion, Perseus and Andromeda, and the fall of Troy. Erudite but light-hearted, dramatic and yet playful, the Metamorphoses has influenced writers and artists throughout the centuries from Shakespeare and Titian to Picasso and Ted Hughes.
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Ovid’s sensuous and witty poem brings together a dazzling array of mythological tales, ingeniously linked by the idea of transformationoften as a result of love or lustwhere men and women find themselves magically changed into new and sometimes extraordinary beings. Beginning with the creation of the world and ending with the deification of Augustus, Ovid interweaves many of the best-known myths and legends of ancient Greece and Rome, including Daedalus and Icarus, Pyramus and Thisbe, Pygmalion, Perseus and Andromeda, and the fall of Troy. Erudite but light-hearted, dramatic and yet playful, the Metamorphoses has influenced writers and artists throughout the centuries from Shakespeare and Titian to Picasso and Ted Hughes.
- Includes introduction, a preface to each book, explanatory notes, and an index of people, gods, and places
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- Title Metamorphoses
- Author Ovid; David Raeburn (Translator); Introduction by Denis Feeney
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: Repri
- Pages 768
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Group, London
- Date 2004-08-01
- Features Bibliography, Glossary, Index, Maps
- ISBN 9780140447897 / 014044789X
- Weight 1.15 lbs (0.52 kg)
- Dimensions 7.6 x 5.1 x 1.4 in (19.30 x 12.95 x 3.56 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Reading level 1180
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Themes
- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Library of Congress subjects Mythology, Classical, Metamorphosis - Mythology
- Dewey Decimal Code 873.01
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