| | Metamorphoses (World's Classics) |  | Author: Ovid
Creator: A.d. Melville
Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 599304
Media: Paperback
Pages: 528
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Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.6 x 1
ISBN: 0192816918
Dewey Decimal Number: 873.01
EAN: 9780192816917
ASIN: 0192816918
Publication Date: April 1, 1987
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 Melville's translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses August 7, 2002
25 out of 34 found this review helpful
If you are brave enough or mug enough to go for the Dryden translation of Ovid, good luck to you. For the academically lazier or more experienced, the OUP translation by Melville is a real treat. A light touch, playful in places, enjoyable throughout - I am not a classicist or a great fan of poetry but I found I couldn't put it down.
 hmm... November 12, 2001
15 out of 31 found this review helpful
Metamorphososes is on my reading list for a University module. I was really disappionted with this edition as although it is an ancient text, I expected a modern translation, which I didn't get. I spent more time trying to decipher the language than absorbing the story!
 More enjoyable than you would expect October 17, 2001
11 out of 13 found this review helpful
This is an enjoyable translation of some of Ovid's finest work. Infinitely easier than going through the Latin yourself this is a fascinating read for anyone. With classics such as the story of Orpheus and Eurydice it is a must have for those interested in the ancient myths.
One of the most interesting and rivetting books I have read August 29, 2001
15 out of 36 found this review helpful
This book has a collection of short latin stories, all about the metamorphing 'sinners' in the Roman times. Each sotry are also explanations to why we act or animals act a certain way and how some species became created. For example there is the atroy of Arachne whihc was about a girl who dared to challenge the god of weaving and beat her in a tapestry competition in whihc she got truned into a spider.The stories are so grabbing to the reader as you have to read the wqhole book straight away as it is so compelling. It is also an interesting insight to may of the beliefs of the romans which believed in Apollo and all the related gods. The stories involve thoguh many disturbing topics in whihc hare really only meant for adults, it includes, sex drugs, rape, incest and extreme violence, and bertrayl, whihc include a woman getting her tongue chopped off and killing and cooking her son. It is a very good sel;ection of tales whihc could inspire anyone to write a piece on it, but don't read it if you are easily offended
Great translation April 8, 1999
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is a very readable translation of the complete stories of Roman mythology as assembled by Ovid. My favorite is the Romeo and Juliet-esque story of Pyramus and Thisbe.
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