Metamorphoses: A New Verse Translation (Penguin Classics)

by Ovid (Author), Denis Feeney (Introduction), Ovid (Author), Denis Feeney (Introduction), David Raeburn (Translator), David Raeburn (Translator), David Raeburn (Translator)

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  Ovid's deliciously witty and exuberant epic starts with the creation of the world and brings together a series of ingeniously linked Greek and Roman myths and legends in which men and women are transformed, often by love - into flowers, trees, stones and stars. This new verse translation, in simple and swift English hexameters, allows Ovid's narrative to flow - pulling the reader along with it.

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  Ovid's deliciously witty and exuberant epic starts with the creation of the world and brings together a series of ingeniously linked Greek and Roman myths and legends in which men and women are transformed, often by love - into flowers, trees, stones and stars. This new verse translation, in simple and swift English hexameters, allows Ovid's narrative to flow - pulling the reader along with it.