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Ovid's Metamorphoses : the Arthur Golding translation, 1567 / edited, with an introduction and notes by John Frederick Nims ; with a new essay, Shakespeare's Ovid, by Jonathan Bate.
LIBRA PA6522.M2 G6 2000
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Van Pelt Library PA6522.M2 G6 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D.
- Standardized Title:
- Metamorphoses. English
- Language:
- English
- Latin
- Subjects (All):
- Fables, Latin--Translations into English.
- Fables, Latin.
- Metamorphosis--Mythology--Poetry.
- Metamorphosis.
- Metamorphosis--Mythology.
- Mythology, Classical--Poetry.
- Mythology, Classical.
- Genre:
- Poetry.
- Physical Description:
- l, 460 pages ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- First Paul Dry Books edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : P. Dry Books, 2000.
- Summary:
- Perhaps the greatest ancient compilation of Western myths, Ovid's Metamorphoses includes the stories of Jove, Apollo, Mercury, and Venus. This first English translation, originally published in 1567, introduced Ovid's work to Shakespeare and inspired many of his plays. Golding's version brings to English Ovid's history of the Trojan War and the rise of Rome, and ends with the story of Julius Caesar. Also included are the famous myths of Pyramus and Thisbe, Jason and Medea, Orpheus, Hercules, and Pygmalion. A glossary of names and places and footnote definitions of archaic words make the text accessible to all readers.
- Notes:
- Originally published: New York : Macmillan, 1965.
- ISBN:
- 0966491319
- OCLC:
- 42022243
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