The Metamorphoses of Ovid
The Metamorphoses of Ovid
paperback | English
Published:
1 April, 1994
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1 April, 1994
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First published in 8 A.D. when he was 52, Ovid's epic poem contains profoundly entertaining tales of Adonis, Midas, Apollo, Icarus, and many others. (Poetry)
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| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780801847981 |
| ISBN10 | 0801847982 |
| Number Of Pages | 360 |
| Item Weight | 544 g |
| Publisher / Reseller | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Format | paperback |
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The best version of Ovid's Metamorphoses available in English today... It is readable, alive, at times slangy, and actually catches Ovid's tone. Philadelphia Inquirer No one can deny the merits of Slavitt's version. His English hexameter is a great success-a supple, fluid, and versatile medium that does Ovid's loosening of the Virgilian line full justice. And at his best he is very good indeed. -- Bernard Knox New York Review of Books 1998
Author's Bio
David R. Slavitt, poet, novelist, critic, and journalist, has published more than fifty books. His translations include the Metamorphoses of Ovid, The Fables of Avianus, the "Eclogues" and "Georgics" of Virgil, and Seneca: The Tragedies, Vols. 1 and 2, all available from Johns Hopkins.