Ovid's Metamorphoses

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Summary: One of the liveliest of the greek sagas.
Review: As a philosopher, he wedded classical methods of inquiry to a Chrisitan faith. The Metamorphoses captures the scope and the fire of Ovid's genius as thoroughly as asny single volume can. It contains complete verse translation of Ovid's 15 books.

The purpose of the Metamorphoses was to edit in a poetic way a few stories from the greek mytholegy from the begionning of the world and until the times of Aogustus.

In all the stories the people and the gods change themselves into animals, beasts, birds, plants and rocks. Here took Oviduis the greatest task by selecting only the most interesting stories from the mytholegy and twist them together in a chronicle line.

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Summary: Extremely Helpful Commentary
Review: This commentary on Ovid's Metamorphoses is directed at Latin students at the advanced undergraduate and early graduate level, but it also has a lot to offer to scholars and other people who are able to read and enjoy Ovid's original Latin. Written by one of the most distinguished experts in the field, the Latin text of the book follows that of Anderson's own Teubner edition (6.ed. 1993). The commentary reflects Anderson's deep familiarity with Ovid's poetry and his high critical acumen. For a more detailed and highly positive review, see, e.g., Stephen Wheeler in American Journal of Philology 120 (1999) 170-73.

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