Metamorphoses
by Ovid 43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D.
Material type: BookPublisher: Penguin 2004ISBN: 9780140447897; 014044789X.Classification number: 871.01 OVISubject(s): Metamorphosis -- Poetry | Mythology, Classical -- PoetrySubject: Ovid's epic starts with the creation of the world and brings together a series of linked Greek and Roman myths and legends in which men and women are transformed, often by love - into flowers, trees, stones and stars. This translation, in simple and swift English hexamaters, allows Ovid's narrative to flow.Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Book - Adult Paperback | Crosby Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 871.01 OVI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 002876754X | |||
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869.342 COE Paulo Coelho | 869.442 COE Like the flowing river: thoughts and reflections | 871.01 HOR Satires and epistles | 871.01 OVI Metamorphoses | 871.01 OVI Fasti | 873.01 VIR The Aeneid | 873.01 VIR Georgics: a poem of the land |
Bibliography Includes index
Ovid's epic starts with the creation of the world and brings together a series of linked Greek and Roman myths and legends in which men and women are transformed, often by love - into flowers, trees, stones and stars. This translation, in simple and swift English hexamaters, allows Ovid's narrative to flow.
Translated from the Latin
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