Ovid's "Metamorphoses"

By (author): "Arthur Golding, Madeleine Forey, Ovid"
Genres:Fiction books  Classics books  Poetry books  Mythology books  
Publish Date: 8
Ovid's "Metamorphoses"
ISBN0801870607
ISBN139780801870606
AsinOvid's "Metamorphoses"
CharactersOdysseus, Venus (Goddess), Ares (god), Perseus, Jupiter (God)...more,
Original titleMetamorphoseon libri
Ovid's poignant epic starts with the creation of the world and brings together a series of ingeniously linked myths and legends in which men and women are transformed into flowers, trees, stones and stars. Golding's vernacular version was the first major English translation.