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1. Raeburn, D. A

Description

1. xli, 723 p. : maps; 20 cm.

Summary

1. "Ovid's sensuous and witty poem 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 the deification of Augustus, Ovid interweaves many of the best-known myths and legends of ancient Greece and Rome, including Daedalus and lcarus, Pyramus and Thisbe, Pygmalion, Perseus and Andromeda, and the fall of Troy. Erudite but light-hearted, dramatic and yet playful, the Metamorphoses has influenced writers and artists throughout the centuries from Shakespeare and Titian to Picasso and Ted Hughes. This lively, accessible new translation by David Raeburn is in hexameter verse, which brilliantly captures the energy and spontaneity of the original. The edition contains an introduction discussing the life and work of Ovid as well as a preface to each book, explanatory notes and an index of people, gods and places"--Back cover.

Series statement

1. Penguin classics

Uniform title

1. Metamorphoses. English
2. Penguin classics

Alternative title

1. Metamorphoses.

Subject

1. Fables, Latin -- Translations into English
2. Metamorphosis -- Mythology -- Poetry
3. Mythology, Classical -- Poetry

Genre/Form

1. Fables, Latin – Translations into English.
2. Epic poetry, Latin – Translations into English.
3. Epic poetry, Latin
4. Poetry
5. Translations

Contents

1. Preface -- Chronology -- Introduction / Denis Feeney -- Further reading -- Translator's note -- Metamorphoses: -- Book 1: -- Prologue -- The creation -- The four ages -- The giants -- Lycaön -- The flood -- Deucalion and Pyrrha -- Python -- Daphne -- 10 (1) -- Interlude: -- Pan and Syrinx -- 10 (2) -- Phaëthon (1) -- Book 2: -- Phaëthon (2) -- Callisto -- The raven and the crow -- Ocyrhoë -- Battus -- Aglauros -- Europa -- Book 3: -- Cadmus -- Actaeon -- Semele -- Teiresias -- Narcissus and Echo -- Pentheus and Bacchus (1) -- Acoetes and the Lydian sailors -- Pentheus and Bacchus (2) -- Book 4: -- The daughters of Minyas (1) -- Pyramus and Thisbe -- Mars and Venus -- Leucothoë and Clytië -- Salmacis and Hermaphroditus -- The daughters of Minyas (2) -- Ino and Athamas -- Cadmus and Harmonia -- Perseus (1) -- Book 5: -- Perseus (2) -- Minerva and the Muses -- Calliope's song: -- The rape of Proserpina -- Arethusa -- Triptolemus and Lyncus -- The daughters of Pierus -- Book 6: -- Arachne -- Niobe -- The Lycian peasants -- Marsyas -- Pelops -- Tereus, Procne and Philomela -- Boreas and Orithyia -- Book 7: -- Medea and Jason -- The rejuvenation of Aeson -- The punishment of Pelias -- Medea's flight -- Theseus and Aegeus -- Minos and Aeacus -- The plague at Aegina -- The birth of the Myrmidons -- Cephalus and Procris -- Book 8: -- Scylla and Minos -- The Minotaur and Ariadne -- Daedalus and Icarus -- Daedalus and Perdix -- Meläger and the Calydonian boar -- Acheloüs, the Naiads and Perimele -- Philemon and Baucis -- Erysichthon -- Book 9: -- Acheloüs and Hercules -- Hercules and Nessus -- The death of Hercules -- Alcmena and Galanthis -- Dryope -- Iolaüs and Callirhoë's sons -- Miletus -- Byblis -- Iphis -- Book 10: -- Orpheus and Eurydice -- Cyparissus -- Orpheus' song: -- Introduction -- Ganymede -- Hyacinthus -- The Cerastae and Propoetides -- Pygmalion -- Myrrha -- Venus and Adonis (1) -- Venus' story: -- Atalanta and Hippomenes -- Orpheus' song: -- Venus and Adonis (2) -- Book 11: -- The death of Orpheus -- The punishment of the Maenads -- Midas -- Laömedon's treachery -- Peleus and Thetis -- Peleus at the court of Ceÿx (1) -- Ceÿx's story: -- Daedalion -- Peleus at the court of Ceÿx (2) -- Ceÿx and Alcyone -- Aesacus -- Book 12: -- The Greeks at Aulis -- Rumour -- Cycnus -- Achilles' victory celebration -- Caenis -- The battle of the Lapiths and Centaurs -- Periclymenus -- The death of Achilles -- Book 13: -- The judgment of arms -- Ajax's suicide -- The fall of Troy -- The sufferings of Hecuba -- Memnon -- The wanderings of Aeneas (1) -- The daughters of Anius -- The daughters of Orion -- The wanderings of Aeneas (2) -- Acis, Galatea and Polyphemus -- Glaucus and Scylla (1) -- Book 14: -- Glaucus and Scylla (2) -- The wanderings of Aeneas (3) -- The mutinous companions of Diomedes -- The Apulian shepherd -- The ships of Aeneas -- Ardea -- The apotheosis of Aeneas -- Aeneas' descendants -- Pomona and Vertumnus -- Iphis and Anaxarete -- Romulus -- The apotheosis of Romulus -- Book 15: -- Myscelus -- Pythagoras -- Egeria and Hippolytus -- Tages, Romulus' spear, Cipus -- Aesculapius -- The apotheosis of Julis Caesar -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Glossary index -- Map of Ovid's Mediterranean world.

Owning institution

1. Harvard Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [xxxv]-xxxvi) and index.

Processing action (note)

1. committed to retain