num_pages: 480
description: 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.
language: English
title: Metamorphoses
titlecomplete: Metamorphoses
characters: Minerva, Juno (Goddess), Pan (Greek), Venus (goddess), Odysseus, Leander (mythology), Ares (god), Orpheus, Jupiter (God), Ixion, Mercury, Hero (mythology), Hermaphroditus, Apollo (Greek god), Heracles, Hermes, Perseus, Aeneas
genres: Fiction, Greek Mythology, Poetry, Philosophy, School, Ancient, Literature, Classics, Mythology, Fantasy
ratings_count: 69053
places: Ancient mythological world
awards: awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Harold Morton Landon Translation Award, awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Premi Crítica Serra d'Or de Traducció
publisher: Oxford University Press