The Metamorphoses

Ovide

ISBN 10: 0451531450 / ISBN 13: 9780451531452

Editore: Penguin Publishing Group Nov 2009, 2009

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Neuware - An accessible translation of the classic poemA masterpiece of Western culture, this is the first attempt to link all the Greek myths in a cohesive whole to the Roman myths of Ovid's day. In this modern translation, Horace Gregory turns his own poetic gifts toward a deft reconstruction of Ovid's ancient themes of transformation, power, and love.

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• Titolo: The Metamorphoses
• Editore: Penguin Publishing Group Nov 2009
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0451531450
• ISBN 13: 9780451531452
• Rilegatura: Taschenbuch
• Condizione: Neu

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A masterpiece of Western culture, this is the first attempt to link all the Greek myths in a cohesive whole to the Roman myths of Ovid?s day. Horace Gregory, in this modern translation, turns his own poetic gifts toward a deft reconstruction of Ovid?s ancient themes.

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Ovid—Publius Ovidius Naso—(43 bce–ce 17 or 18) was born into a wealthy Roman family and became the most distinguished poet of his time. He died in exile on the Black Sea, far from Rome and his literary life.