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Bringing together a series of ingeniously linked myths and legends, Ovid's deliciously witty and poignant Metamorphoses describes a magical world in which men and women are transformed - often by love - into flowers, trees, animals, stones and stars. First published in 1567, this landmark translation by Arthur Golding was the first major English edition of the epic, which includes such tales as the legend of Narcissus; the parable of Icarus; and the passion held by the witch-queen Circe for the great Aeneas. A compelling adaptation that used imagery familiar to English sixteenth-century society, it powerfully influenced Spenser, Shakespeare and the character of Elizabethan literature.

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W.W. Norton & Co.
Language
English
Pages
597

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Subjects
Poetry, Mythology, Classical Mythology, Metamorphosis, Latin Fables, Translations into English, Translations into Italian, Translations into French, Latin literature, Latin Love poetry, Illustrations, English literature, Medieval and modern Latin literature, Latin American literature, Latin language, Latin Epistolary poetry, Translations into German, Latin Didactic poetry, Translations, Latin poetry, Early works to 1800, Latin Elegiac poetry, Readers, Seduction, Incantations, Latin Poets, Care and hygiene, Separation (Psychology), Latin Erotic poetry, Aeneas (Legendary character), Translating into French, Skin, Knowledge, Fasts and feasts, European literature, Correspondence, Problems, exercises, Literature, Translations into Danish, Homes and haunts, German poetry, Translations from Latin, English poetry, Exiles, Translations into Spanish, Comparative Literature, Baroque Painting, Translations into Russian, Themes, motives, Influence, Roman influences, Sources, Calendar, Fiction, Love poetry, Latin, Love-letters
People
Ovid (43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D), Barthélemy Aneau (d. 1561), William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Ambrosius Metzger, Virgil, Ludovico Ariosto (1474-1533)
Places
Constanța, Romania, Rome
Times
18th century

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Metamorphoses
2004, W.W. Norton & Co.
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Includes bibliographical references.

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Genre
Translations into English., Poetry.

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Dewey Decimal Class
873/.01
Library of Congress
PA6522.M2 M44 2004

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Pagination
xxvi, 597 p. ;
Number of pages
597

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OL3676571M
ISBN 10
0393058107
LCCN
2003014491
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1718

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