Metamorphoses Penguin Classics

Ovid

ISBN 10: 0140440585 / ISBN 13: 9780140440584

Published by Penguin Classics, 1955

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Synopsis:

In his Metamorphoses, Ovid 43 BC17 AD draws on Greek mythology, Latin folklore and legend from even further afield to create a series of narrative poems, linked by the common theme of transformation. A chaotic universe is subdued into harmonious order, animals turn to stone, men and women become trees, stones and stars. Ovids gentle vein of humour which runs through his work is exploited with subtlety, sympathy and selfirony.

About the Author:

Ovid was born in 43 BC in central Italy. He was sent to Rome where he realised that his talent lay with poetry rather than with politics. His first published work was 'Amores', a collection of short love poems. He was expelled in A.D. 8 by Emperor Augustus for an unknown reason and went to Tomis on the Black Sea, where he died in AD 17.

Mary M. Innes graduated from Glasgow and Oxford Universities and subsequently taught in the universities of Belfast and Aberdeen, before spending some twenty years proving to schoolgirls that classical languages can and should be enjoyed.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Metamorphoses Penguin Classics
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Publication Date: 1955
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Acceptable