The Metamorphoses
$26.07
- Paperback
576 pages
- Release Date
28 March 2002
Summary
“Golding makes Ovid both dreamy and robust. Here we can listen to the English language as it moves confidently into the highest eloquence” - Tom Paulin
Bringing together a series of ingeniously linked myths and legends, Ovid’s deliciously witty and poignant Metamorphoses describes a magical world in which men and women are transformed - often by love - into flowers, trees, animals, stones and stars. First published in 1567, this landmark translation by Arthur Golding was the …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140422306 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140422307 |
| Author: | Ovid, Madeleine Forey, Arthur Golding |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 576 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 28 March 2002 |
| Weight: | 410g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 32mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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Ovid
Ovid (43 BC - AD 18) was a Roman poet who experimented in a variety of different forms from love elegies to mock didactic verse. He died in exile.
Arthur Golding (c.1565 - c.1605) was a translator of Latin and French verse, the most significant of which was The Metamorphoses.
Madeleine Forey is a fellow of All Souls College, Oxford.
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