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Metamorphoses A New Verse Translation
Ovid, D. A. Raeburn
Paperback (29 Jan 2004)


Still remarkably vivid. It is easier to read this for pure pleasure than just about any other ancient text Nicholas Lezard, Guardian

Ovids 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 stories of Daedalus and Icarus, Pyramus and Thisbe, Pygmalion, Perseus and Andromeda, and the fall of Troy, the Metamorphoses has influenced writers and artists from Shakespeare and Chaucer to Picasso and Ted Hughes. This translation by David Raeburn is in hexameter verse, which brilliantly captures the energy and spontaneity of the original.

Translated by DAVID RAEBURN with an Introduction by DENIS FEENEY


Product details

Format Paperback | 768 pages
Dimensions 129 x 198 x 32mm | 522g
Publication date 03 Aug 2004
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint Penguin Classics
Publication City/Country London, United Kingdom
Language English
Edition Statement Revised ed.
ISBN10 014044789X
ISBN13 9780140447897
Bestsellers rank 80,984