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TITLE: Metamorphoses AUTHOR: Ovid [Publius /ovidus Naso] DATE PUBLISHED: A long time ago, somewhere around 8 A.D.? ___________________ DESCRIPTION: Prized through the ages for its splendor and its savage, sophisticated wit, The Metamorphoses is a masterpiece of Western culture--the first ...
This book is phenomenal. I had read parts of the Metamorphoses in high school, and my focus then was on the language and structure of the text, not so much on the stories. That's just what happens when you're trying to learn how to translate texts from Latin. When I picked up the book again ear...
Ovid is a naughty, naughty man. Oh, and a pretty awesome poet, that too... I think I will be reading his entire bibliography one day.
I learned a new term: "bitch pack".Also, "Jupiter's style was cramped." Loving the footnotes. So much is lost in translation. I would have enjoyed it so much more if I could have read it in Latin. Such is poetry in translation.
Gods and their love affairs. Gods and their love affairs with mortals. Fate, covetousness, allegiance, brutalities, treachery and chastisements metamorphosing from the cocoon of mighty love. The discordant waves of love dangerously destabilizing romantic notions; overwhelming morality and raison d'ê...
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