CONTENTS
Preface
INTRODUCTION
PARALLEL LATIN TEXT AND ENGLISH TRANSLATION
COMMENTARY
Abbreviations
Index
Ovid's Metamorphoses is a work which displays his mature genius and is a treasure house of mythology. This volume continues in the same style as books I-IV, V-VIII; with a line by line translation and notes which trace Ovid's sources and his influence on literature and art. It has, however, been designed to stand alone or to be read as a sequel to the earlier volumes. This is the penultimate volume of Metamorphoses, a work which continues to fascinate each generation and has an enduring value both for classicists and for students of comparative literature.
DONALD HILL is head of the department of Classics at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and editor of Ovids' Metamorphoses IIV, VVIII and XIIIXV in this series.
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SOME COMMENTS BY REVIEWERS
"It is all we could hope for, with excellent translation,
fuller understanding from the notes and an extensive bibliography.
The text is attractively and conveniently laid out, with Latin
and translation en face. The translation is in blank verse for
the English reader while being stimulating and thought-provoking
for the Latinist. The notes too make interesting reading at any
level, with a vast store of information from a multitude of sources
..." LACT
"H's translation again follows the Latin closely, but reads well. This is, in short, a serviceable, unpretentious edition." Greece and Rome
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