Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso) was born in Sulmo, Italy in 43BC. Ovid was aware of the scale and beauty of his achievement, and himself ended the work with a promise of his own literary immortality. The Metamorphoses are an ideal resource for those wishing to enter the world of the Greek myths, as well as the refined atmosphere of Augustan Rome. Dante, and Shakespeare, in particular, echo sentiments and imagery in the Metamorphoses. The role of women in the myths seems particularly important to Ovid, and this aspect of his work, his interest in the female element, is reflected elsewhere in his poetry, and strongly influenced European culture. Each tale involves a transformation of some kind, and the whole collection provided a potent source of motifs and images for later art, especially the paintings, sculpture, and verse of the Renaissance.
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His charming and graceful versions, full of life and interest, express his humanist approach, his feeling for pathos, and his endless curiosity and delight in human affairs. In the Metamorphoses Ovid retells stories from the Greek myths, arranging them in roughly chronological order, from the origins of the world to his own times. Each Book is arranged in paragraphs, with each paragraph headed by the corresponding line reference in the Latin text.
The Text is fully hyper-linked to the Mythological index and vice versa. With illustrations by Hendrik Goltzius (The Netherlands, 1558-1617) courtesy of LACMA and the Rijksmuseum.īook I (Chaos, Four Ages, Flood, Daphne, Io, Syrinx, Phaethon)īook II (Phaethon’s fall, Callisto, Coronis, Aglauros, Europa)īook III (Cadmus, Actaeon, Semele, Tiresias, Narcissus, Pentheus)īook IV (Pyramus, Leucothoe, Salmacis, Ino, Cadmus, Perseus)īook V (Perseus, Calliope, Proserpine, Arethusa, The Pierides)īook VI (Arachne, Niobe, Marsyas, Procne, Philomela, Boreas)īook VII (Jason, Medea, Minos, The Plague, Myrmidons, Procris)īook VIII (Scylla, Daedalus, Icarus, Meleager, Philemon and Baucis)īook IX (Hercules, Alcmene, Iole, Galanthis, Dryope,Byblis, Iphis)īook X (Orpheus, Pygmalion, Myrrha, Venus and Adonis, Atalanta)īook XI (Death of Orpheus, Midas, Peleus, Ceyx, Alcyone, Aesacus)īook XII (Rumour, Cycnus, Caeneus, Lapiths and Centaurs, Achilles)īook XIII (Ajax, Ulysses, Polyxena, Hecuba, Memnon, Galatea, Glaucus)īook XIV (Scylla, Sibyl, Polyphemus, Circe, Picus, Pomona, Romulus)īook XV (Pythagoras, Hippolytus, Cipus, Aesculapius, The Caesars) A Complete English Translation and Mythological Index
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