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The Metamorphoses of Ovid

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Availability:In StockContributor:Ovid, David R. Slavitt (Translator)Publish date:1994-05-01Pages:360
Language:EnglishPublisher:Johns Hopkins University PressISBN-13:9780801847981ISBN-10:801847982UPC:9780801847981Book Category:Poetry, History, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Ancient & Classical, Ancient, Ancient and ClassicalSize:9.12 x 5.98 x 0.88 inchesWeight:1.1707Product ID:SCZNRV65AB

The Metamorphoses of Ovid

Written between A.D. 2 and 8, Ovid's long poem the Metamorphoses gave to a great number of Greek and Roman myths the form in which they are known today. Now David Slavitt, translator of the widely acclaimed Ovid's Poetry of Exile, has fashioned a splendid new English verse translation of what is perhaps the best-known work of one of western civilization's major's poets. In Slavitt's freely...

Language:EnglishPublisher:Johns Hopkins University PressISBN-13:9780801847981ISBN-10:801847982UPC:9780801847981Book Category:Poetry, History, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Ancient & Classical, Ancient, Ancient and ClassicalSize:9.12 x 5.98 x 0.88 inchesWeight:1.1707Product ID:SCZNRV65AB

David R. Slavitt, poet, novelist, critic, and journalist, has published more than forty books. His translations include the "Edogues" and "Georgics" of Virgil; Ovid's Poetry of Exile, The Fables of Avianus, and Seneca: The Tragedies, Vols. 1 and 2, all available from Johns Hopkins.


Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press

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