The Metamorphoses of Ovid

Written between A.D. 2 and 8, Ovid's long poem the Metamorphoses gave to a great number of Greek and Roman myths the form in which they are known today. Now David Slavitt, translator of the widely acclaimed Ovid's Poetry of Exile, has fashioned a splendid new English verse translation of what is perhaps the best-known work of one of western civilization's major's poets. In Slavitt's freely inventive but emotionally accurate renderings, the voice of Ovid speaks again to a new generation of readers.

Author: Ovid
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 05/01/1994
Pages: 360
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.17lbs
Size: 9.12h x 5.98w x 0.88d
ISBN: 9780801847981

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 04/15/1994 pg. 76
Publishers Weekly 04/25/1994 pg. 62

About the Author

David R. Slavitt, poet, novelist, critic, and journalist, has published more than fifty books. His translations include the Metamorphoses of Ovid, The Fables of Avianus, the "Eclogues" and "Georgics" of Virgil, and Seneca: The Tragedies, Vols. 1 and 2, all available from Johns Hopkins.

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