num_pages: 624
description: "A version that has been long awaited, and likely to become the new standard." ―Michael Dirda, Washington Post Ovid's epic poem―whose theme of change has resonated throughout the ages―is one of the most important texts of Western imagination, an inspiration from Dante's times to the present day, when writers such as Salman Rushdie and Italo Calvino have found a living source in Ovid's work. Charles Martin combines a close fidelity to Ovid's text with verse that catches the speed and liveliness of the original. Martin's Metamorphoses will be the translation of choice for contemporary readers in English. This volume also includes endnotes and a glossary of people, places, and personifications.
language: English
title: Metamorphoses
titlecomplete: Metamorphoses
characters: Ares (god), Aeneas, Ixion, Venus (goddess), Hero (mythology), Mercury, Hermes, Minerva, Hermaphroditus, Orpheus, Apollo (Greek god), Odysseus, Jupiter (God), Pan (Greek), Leander (mythology), Heracles, Juno (Goddess), Perseus
genres: Classics, Fantasy, Philosophy, Fiction, Ancient, Greek Mythology, School, Literature, Mythology, Poetry
ratings_count: 69051
places: Ancient mythological world
awards: awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Harold Morton Landon Translation Award, awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Premi Crítica Serra d'Or de Traducció
publisher: W. W. Norton & Company