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The Metamorphoses (Melville Translation)  
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ISBN: 019283472X
Format: Handover
Publish Date: June, 2005
 
     
     
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Book Description
Metamorphoses--the best-known poem by one of the wittiest poets of classical antiquity--takes as its theme change and transformation, as illustrated by Greco-Roman myth and legend. Melville's new translation reproduces the grace and fluency of Ovid's style, and its modern idiom offers a fresh understanding of Ovid's unique and elusive vision of reality.


Language Notes
Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Latin




The Metamorphoses (Melville Translation)

ANNOTATION

This new translation reproduces in modern idiom the graceful, fluent style of one of the great poets of classical antiquity.

     



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