Ovid: Metamorphoses I-IV

Ovid’s poetical career reached its climax in his masterpiece, the Metamorphoses. This edition of Books I-IV offers the Latin text with facing translation and commentary. The notes trace Ovid’s sources and discuss how and why he adapted them. The history of Ovid’s influence on his successors in literature and art is also extensively treated.

ISBN 13: 9780856682575

Author: D. E. Hill