The Metamorphoses (Penguin Classics)

by Ovid

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0008 CE circa

1955 (English: Innes)

1955 (English: Humphries)

1994 (English: Martin)

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Publius Ovidius Naso

Europa

Jupiter

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Pulitzer Prize finalist (Poetry, 1994) Allen Mandelbaum translation

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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0140440585, Paperback)

This volume presents the Latin text, with an Introduction and full commentary, of Book XIII of the Roman poet Ovid's long work Metamorphoses. It discusses in detail Ovid's treatment of his sources and sets out the ways in which he adapted earlier literature as material for his novel enterprise. Guidance is offered on points of language and style, and the Introduction treats in general terms the themes of metamorphosis and the structure of the poem as a whole.

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