num_pages: 56
description: Drawn on by his eagerness for the open sky he left his guide and soared upwards . . . Enduring myths of vengeful gods and tragically flawed mortals from ancient Romes great poet. Ovid tells the tales of Theseus and the Minotaur Daedalus and Icarus the Calydonian Boar-Hunt and many other famous myths.(Taken from Books VIII and IX of Mary M. Inness translation of Metamorphoses.)[ Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso) 43 BC17 AD ]Little Black Classics celebrates Penguins 80th birthday introducing 80 works from the classics.
language: English
title: The Fall of Icarus
publisher: Penguin Classics