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  • Revenge, murder, romance - who would've thought the Romans were this entertaining? Ovid's recounting of popular Greek and Roman myths, focusing on the theme of (what else?) metamorphosis is not only beautifully wrought, but also funny and intriguing.

    For anyone who thinks classical literature ... Continue

    Revenge, murder, romance - who would've thought the Romans were this entertaining? Ovid's recounting of popular Greek and Roman myths, focusing on the theme of (what else?) metamorphosis is not only beautifully wrought, but also funny and intriguing.

    For anyone who thinks classical literature is stuffy or boring, a dose of Ovid will turn your preconception on its head and make you a devotee of classical poetry forever!

    

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• ― guaddess said on Sep 17, 2007 | Add your feedback

Metamorphoses--the best-known poem by one of the wittiest poets of classical antiquity--takes as its theme change and transformation, as illustrated by Greco-Roman myth and legend. Melville's new translation reproduces the grace and fluency of Ovid's style, and its modern idiom offers a fresh
understanding of Ovid's unique and elusive vision of reality.

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