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  The Metamorphosis: a New Verse Translation (Penguin Classics) (Paperback) By (author) Ovid, Translated by David Raeburn, Introduction by Denis Feeney

  

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  Short Description for The Metamorphosis: a New Verse TranslationOvid's witty and exuberant epic starts with the creation of the world and brings together a series of ingeniously linked Greek and Roman myths and legends in which men and women are transformed, often by love - into flowers, trees, stones and stars.
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  • Publisher: PENGUIN CLASSICS
  • Published: 23 December 2008
  • Format: Paperback 768 pages
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  • Categories: Poetry By Individual Poets | Literary Essays | Contemporary Fiction | Classics | Folklore, Myths & Legends
  • ISBN 13: 9780140447897 ISBN 10: 014044789X
  • Sales rank: 14,534

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Full description for The Metamorphosis: a New Verse Translation

• Ovid's deliciously witty and exuberant epic starts with the creation of the world and brings together a series of ingeniously linked Greek and Roman myths and legends in which men and women are transformed, often by love - into flowers, trees, stones and stars. This new verse translation, in simple and swift English hexameters, allows Ovid's narrative to flow - pulling the reader along with it.