Metamorphoses - Couverture souple

Ovid

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0192816918 ISBN 13 : 9780192816917

Editeur : Oxford Paperbacks, 1987

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

Description

'This is a volume of which both Hopkinson and Cambridge can be proud.' The Classical Review

'Metamorphoses Book XIII, one of the most 'Greek' books of the Ovidian poem, has received a commentary by a distinguished Hellenist, a commentary which turns out to be one of the best Latin examples in the Cambridge 'green-and-yellow' series … a fresh, exciting and perceptive reading of this important book. It will be a precious tool for all Ovidian scholars.' Journal of Roman Studies

'This edition of, and commentry on, Book XIII of Ovid's Metamorphoses ...strikes me as particularly satisfactory and commendable... There are very few things I miss here...' Arctos

Biographie de l'auteur

PUBLIUS OVIDUS NASO was born in 43BC in central Italy. He was sent to Rome where he realised that his talent lay with poetry rather than with politics. His first published work was 'Amores', a collection of short love poems. However he was expelled in A.D. 8 by Emperor Augustus for an unknown reason. He went to Tomis on the Black Sea where he died in A.D. 17. Mary M. Innes is a graduate of Glasgow and Oxford Universities.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford Paperbacks
• Date d'édition: 1987
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0192816918
• ISBN 13: 9780192816917
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 528
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Ufficio Anagrafiche Messaggerie; ufficio.anagrafiche@meli.it; ; Via Verdi, 8; Assago Milano; 20090; Italie