Availability:In StockContributor:Ovid, David Raeburn (Translator), Denis Feeney (Introduction by)Series:Penguin ClassicsAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2004-08-01Pages:768
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin GroupISBN-13:9780140447897ISBN-10:014044789XUPC:9780140447897Book Category:PoetryBook Subcategory:Ancient & Classical, EpicSize:7.60 x 5.10 x 1.40 inchesWeight:1.1508Product ID:SCWPK4EYJ4
Metamorphoses
Ovid's sensuous and witty poem, in an accessible translation by David Raeburn In Metamophoses, Ovid 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 new and sometimes extraordinary beings. Beginning with the creation of the world and ending with...
Series: Penguin Classics
Audience: Young Adult
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin GroupISBN-13:9780140447897ISBN-10:014044789XUPC:9780140447897Book Category:PoetryBook Subcategory:Ancient & Classical, EpicSize:7.60 x 5.10 x 1.40 inchesWeight:1.1508Product ID:SCWPK4EYJ4
Ovid (43 BC-AD 17) was born 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.
Publisher: Penguin Group
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Revised Edition
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Ovid, David Raeburn (Translator), Denis Feeney (Introduction by)
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