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Metamorphoses by Ovid
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Category: Poetry | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
The Metamorphoses is a Latin narrative poem by the Roman poet Ovid, considered his magnum opus. Comprising 11,995 lines, 15 books and over 250 myths, the poem chronicles the history of the world from its creation to the deification of Julius Caesar within a loose mythico-historical framework.Although me ...Show more
Metamorphoses: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by Ovid
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition Ser.
The first female translator of the epic into English in over sixty years,Stephanie McCarter addresses accuracy in translation and its representation of women, gendered dynamics of power, and sexual violence in Ovid's classic. A Penguin Classic Ovid's Metamorphoses is an epic poem, but one that upturns ...Show more
Stories of Southern Italy by Ella Carr (Editor); Elena Ferrante (Contribution by); Elsa Morante (Contribution by); Ovid (Contribution by); Virgil (Contribution by); Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa (Contribution by); Somerset Maugham (Contribution by)
$34.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
Woven through all these tales are the unique histories and mythologies of the regions of Southern Italy, encompassing Sicily, Calabria, Cantania, Basilicata, Apulia and Campania. Theocritus, Virgil and Ovid evoke a Sicily populated by Cyclopes and sea monsters, while in an excerpt from The Smile of the ...Show more
The Golden Age – Ovid's Metamorphoses by Ovid
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Category: Childrens Classics
Seventeen of Ovid's enduring stories stunningly illustrated.Known the world over, Ovid's canonical work has spanned centuries, never losing its relevance. Retold by award-winning Austrian author Heinz Janisch with transcendent illustrations by Ana Sender, this collection includes some of Ovid's most pop ...Show more
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