Can I read Shakespeare's Ovid : being Arthur Golding's translation of the Metamorphoses on EtoBox?

Shakespeare's Ovid : being Arthur Golding's translation of the Metamorphoses by Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D; Riley, Henry T. (Henry Thomas), 1816-1878 is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Shakespeare's Ovid : being Arthur Golding's translation of the Metamorphoses about?

Perhaps one of the most influential works ever written,'The Metamorphoses'is an epic and narrative poem by the Roman writer Ovid. Finished in 8 AD, this work, organized into fifteen books, combines a stunning arrangement of mythological tales that are masterfully connected by a theme of transformation, most often through love. Beginning with the world's creation, the poet utilizes unparalleled wit to describe the history of the world, incorporating the most commonly known Greek and Roman myths and legends of his time in a style both dramatic and mischievous. Ovid's often sensuous poems weave together the tales of Daedalus and Icarus, Pygmalion, Persueus and Andromeda, the Trojan War, and the deification of Augustus, frequently changing the human men and women into remarkable beings through magic that rivals the gods. The best known classical work to writers during the medieval period and influencing other great artists such as Shakespeare and Titian,'The Metamorphoses'is a work that will continue to endure and inspire throughout the ages.

Author

Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D; Riley, Henry T. (Henry Thomas), 1816-1878

Publisher

Digireads.com Publishing

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9781596749955

Subjects

Poetry, Fiction, Literary Fiction