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.
Ovid falls in line with Lucretius and Virgil as one of Rome’s greatest poets. Metamorphoses compiles the myths inherited by the Greeks that helped define Roman culture. The focus, as one can tell by the title, is on change. Story after story details the transformation of one being in another. I...
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...
"While Ceres was a-eating this, before her gazing stoodA hard fast boy, a shrewd pert wag that could no manners good;He laugh`ed at her and in scorn did call her greedy gut."I read the Arthur Golding translation from 1567. This was somewhat trying and became a bit of a test of endurance over time. ...
Important: Our sites use cookies.
We use the information stored using cookies and similar technologies for advertising and statistics purposes.
Stored data allow us to tailor the websites to individual user's interests.
Cookies may be also used by third parties cooperating with BookLikes, like advertisers, research companies and providers of multimedia applications.
You can choose how cookies are handled by your device via your browser settings.
If you choose not to receive cookies at any time, BookLikes will not function properly and certain services will not be provided.
For more information, please go to our Privacy Policy.
Log in with Facebook 
