
The Metamorphoses
Ovid(Author)
Madeleine Forey(Editor)
Penguin Classics (Publisher)
Published on 28. March 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
576 pages
978-0-14-042230-6 (ISBN)
Description
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 first major English edition of the epic, which includes such tales as the legend of Narcissus; the parable of Icarus; and the passion held by the witch-queen Circe for the great Aeneas. A compelling adaptation that used imagery familiar to English sixteenth-century society, it powerfully influenced Spenser, Shakespeare and the character of Elizabethan literature.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Penguin Books Ltd
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 201 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 37 mm
Weight
461 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-14-042230-6 (9780140422306)
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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.
Translated by Arthur Golding Edited with an introduction and notes by Madeleine Forey
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.
Translated by Arthur Golding Edited with an introduction and notes by Madeleine Forey