Ovid: Metamorphoses I: Bk.1 (Latin Texts) - Softcover

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Softcover

ISBN 10: 0862921449 ISBN 13: 9780862921446

Publisher: Bristol Classical Press, 1991

Synopsis

The first book of Ovid's Metamorphoses contains an interesting variety of material. It begins with myths related to the creation of the world and man, decline from the golden age, the flood and the story of Deucalion and Pyrrha. In the second half it deals primarily with two main metamorphosis myths - Apollo's love for Daphne and the story of Io.

Guy Lee's edition, first published by CUP in 1952, supplies a detailed commentary of explanatory notes (with useful index) and, separately, a number of critical notes on the readings adopted by his text. the substantial introduction deals with Ovid himself, with the Metamorphoses and Ovid's other works; there is also a practical section on the Ovidian hexameter and (as one might expect from an editor who is himself a consummate translator of Latin poetry) a sensitive section on translations of the Metamorphoses, in particular Golding, Sandys and Dryden.

About this title

Synopsis:

This intermediate reader offers text, vocabulary, and notes. The notes focus on fine points of grammar and rhetoric, shades of meaning, and allusions to both classical and modern literature.

About the Author:

A.G. Lee was Emeritus Fellow of St. John's College and University Lecturer in Classics, University of Cambridge, UK.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bristol Classical Press
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0862921449
• ISBN 13: 9780862921446
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 170