num_pages: 360
description: 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.
language: English
title: The Metamorphoses of Ovid
titlecomplete: The Metamorphoses of Ovid
characters: Apollo (Greek god), Juno (Goddess), Aeneas, Pan (Greek), Jupiter (God), Ixion, Heracles, Minerva, Ares (god), Perseus, Mercury, Leander (mythology), Venus (goddess), Odysseus, Hero (mythology), Hermes, Orpheus, Hermaphroditus
genres: Literature, Classics, School, Mythology, Ancient, Philosophy, Fiction, Poetry, Greek Mythology, Fantasy
ratings_count: 69059
places: Ancient mythological world
awards: awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Harold Morton Landon Translation Award, awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Premi Crítica Serra d'Or de Traducció
publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press