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Ovid

Translated by

David Raeburn

'Still remarkably vivid. It is easier to read this for pure pleasure than just about any other ancient text' Nicholas Lezard, GuardianOvid's sensuous and witty poem begins with the creation of the world and 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 extraordinary new beings. Including the well-known ...

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Ovid

Translated by

Charles Martin

"A version that has been long awaited, and likely to become the new standard."—Washington PostOvid's epic poem—whose theme of change has resonated throughout the ages—is one of the most important texts of Western imagination, an inspiration from Dante's times to the present day, when writers such as Salman Rushdie and Italo Calvino have found a living source in Ovid's work. Charles Martin combines a close fidelity to Ovid's text with verse that catches the speed and liveli...

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Ovid

Translated by

Stephanie McCarter

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A Penguin Classics Hardcover

The first female translator of the epic into English in over sixty years, Stephanie McCarter addresses accuracy in translation and its representation of women, gendered dynamics of power, and sexual violence in Ovid’s classic.A Penguin Classic HardcoverOvid’s Metamorphoses is an epic poem, but one that upturns almost every convention. There is no main hero, no central conflict, and no sustained objective. What it is about ...

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Ovid

Translated by

Christopher Marlowe, J. Lewis May, Grant Showerman, J. J. Howard, Henry T. Riley, James G. Frazer, Arthur Leslie Wheeler

A Roman poet known to the English-speaking world as Ovid, wrote on topics of love, abandoned women, and mythological transformations. Ranked alongside Virgil and Horace as one of the three canonical poets of Latin literature, Ovid was generally considered the greatest master of the elegiac couplet. His poetry, much imitated during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, had a decisive influence on European art and literature for centuries.The Imperial scholar Quintilian considered him t...

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Ovid

Translated by

Jhumpa Lahiri, Yelena Baraz

A dazzling new reimagining of Ovid’s epic poem—translated by Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist Jhumpa Lahiri and classicist Yelena Baraz—brings emotional sweep and innovative narrative energy to one of the greatest and most influential literary works of all timeDaphne and Apollo. Echo and Narcissus. Daedalus and Icarus. Driven by themes of impermanence and change, these tales are among the foundational myths of the Ancient Greeks and Romans, and were brought most viv...

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Ovid

Translated by

Harold Isbell

In the twenty-one poems of the Heroides, Ovid gave voice to the heroines and heroes of epic and myth. These deeply moving literary epistles reveal the happiness and torment of love, as the writers tell of their pain at separation, forgiveness of infidelity or anger at betrayal. The faithful Penelope wonders at the suspiciously long absence of Ulysses, while Dido bitterly reproaches Aeneas for too eagerly leaving her bed to follow his destiny, and Sappho - the only historical figure portray...

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Ovid

Ovid's masterpiece, "Metamorphoses," is a poem that portrays the transformation of people into animals, rivers, and stones. The narrative focuses on the moment of the metamorphoses rather than the life of the transformations. Written in Latin and translated by Bocage, it is a continuous poem with abrupt transitions across its fifteen books. "Metamorphoses" is a fascinating literary work of great historical and cultural significance. Through Ovid's work, we can learn much about Greco-Roman ...

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Ovid

Metamorphoses is one of the greatest works of classical literature, presenting myths of transformation, love, power, and destiny. Ovid’s poetic storytelling has shaped Western mythology for centuries, making this audiobook essential for listeners of classical myth and ancient literature.

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Ovid

Narrated by

John Sackville, Maya Saroya, David Raeburn, Martin Jarvis

Brought to you by Penguin.This Penguin Classic is performed by award-winning voice actor Martin Jarvis OBE, as well as John Sackville, Maya Saroya and the translator of this edition, David Raeburn. This definitive recording includes an Introduction by Denis Feeney.Ovid's sensuous and witty poetry 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 ...

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Ovid

Translated by

Jhumpa Lahiri, Yelena Baraz

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 PoundOvid 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 ...

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Ovid

"Metamorphoses" is a narrative poem written by the ancient Roman poet Ovid, completed in AD 8. The work is a collection of myths and legends from Greek and Roman mythology, told in a chronological sequence from the creation of the world to the deification of Julius Caesar.The title "Metamorphoses" refers to the central theme of the work, which is transformation. Ovid's poems explore the ways in which gods and mortals can transform into different beings, objects, or natural phenomena. The p...

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Ovid

Translated by

Allen Mandelbaum

**Through National Book Award-winning translator Allen Mandelbaum's poetic artistry, this gloriously entertaining achievement of literature — classical myths filtered through the worldly and far from reverent sensibility of the Roman poet Ovid — is revealed anew.**Savage and sophisticated, mischievious and majestic, witty and wicked, The Metamorphoses weaves together every major mythological story to display a dazzling array of miraculous changes, from the time chaos is transformed into or...