Metamorphoses
Author(s): Ovid; Mary M. Innes (Translator)
Ovid drew on Greek mythology, Latin folklore and legend from ever further afield to create a series of narrative poems, ingeniously linked by the common theme of transformation. Here a chaotic universe is subdued into harmonious order: animals turn to stone; men and women become trees and stars. Ovid himself transformed the art of storytelling, infusing these stories with new life through his subtley, humour and understanding of human nature, and elegantly tailoring tone and pace to fit a variety of subjects. The result is a lasting treasure-house of myth and legend.
General Information
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- : Penguin Books, Limited
- : 0.27
- : 01 December 1955
- : 198mm X 131mm X 23mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Other Specifications
- : Ovid; Mary M. Innes (Translator)
- : Paperback
- : English
- : 871.01
- : 364
- : Poetry texts & anthologies; Poetry & poets
More About The Product
PUBLIUS OVIDUS NASO was born in 43BC 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. However he was expelled in A.D. 8 by Emperor Augustus for an unknown reason. He went to Tomis on the Black Sea where he died in A.D. 17. Mary M. Innes is a graduate of Glasgow and Oxford Universities.