Author

Publication

1760 - Printed for Robert Horsfield, London, England

Language

English

Word Count

59,000 words, Guess

Page Count

236 pages

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Description

Ovid’s sensuous and witty poem. In Metamophoses, Ovid brings together a dazzling array of mythological tales, ingeniously linked by the idea of transformation—often as a result of love or lust—where men and women find themselves magically changed into new and sometimes extraordinary beings. Beginning with the creation of the world and ending with the deification of Augustus, Ovid interweaves many of the best-known myths and legends of ancient Greece and Rome, including Daedalus and Icarus, Pyramus and Thisbe, Pygmalion, Perseus and Andromeda, and the fall of Troy.

Subjects

Topics

SkinWomenLatinFablesExilesPoetryPoésie

People

VirgilJulius CaesarAmbrosius MetzgerJohn Brinsley (fl. 1633)Jakob Moltzer (1503-1558)Barthélemy Aneau (d. 1561)Ovid (43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D)

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  • Ovid's Metamorphoses: epitomized in an English poetical style for the use and entertainment of the ladies of Great BritainPrinted for Robert Horsfield1760-01-01
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