The Metamorphoses of Ovid - Brossura

Ovid

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1420933957 ISBN 13: 9781420933956

Casa editrice: Digireads.Com, 2009

Riassunto

Perhaps one of the most influential works ever written, "The Metamorphoses" is an epic and narrative poem by the Roman writer Ovid. Finished in 8 AD, this work, organized into fifteen books, combines a stunning arrangement of mythological tales that are masterfully connected by a theme of transformation, most often through love. Beginning with the world's creation, the poet utilizes unparalleled wit to describe the history of the world, incorporating the most commonly known Greek and Roman myths and legends of his time in a style both dramatic and mischievous. Ovid's often sensuous poems weave together the tales of Daedalus and Icarus, Pygmalion, Persueus and Andromeda, the Trojan War, and the deification of Augustus, frequently changing the human men and women into remarkable beings through magic that rivals the gods. The best known classical work to writers during the medieval period and influencing other great artists such as Shakespeare and Titian, "The Metamorphoses" is a work that will continue to endure and inspire throughout the ages.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Digireads.Com
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1420933957
• ISBN 13: 9781420933956
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 401