| Ovid: Metamorphoses III Contributor(s): Ovid (Author), Henderson, A. a. R. |
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ISBN: 0906515025 ISBN-13: 9780906515020 Publisher: Bristol Classical Press OUR PRICE: $30.64 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1991 Annotation: -- Introduction with chapters on Ovid's life and suggestions on reading the Ars Amatoria -- Original Latin texts (based on the 1916 Teubner edition by R. Ehwald with changes in readings, spellings, and punctuation) -- Line-by-line notes -- English summaries for each major section -- Fold-out in back with basic vocabulary |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines - Foreign Language Study | Latin - Literary Collections | Ancient, Classical & Medieval |
| Dewey: 871.01 |
| Series: Ovid - Metamorphoses |
| Physical Information: 0.34" H x 5.88" W x 8.4" (0.48 lbs) 138 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This simple, utilitarian edition offers sixth-form and undergraduate students an introduction to the enchanted, sometimes violent, often sad, often funny world of the Metamorphoses. Book III is ideal in this respect, for it possesses a homogeneity unusual among the fifteen books of the poem and follows the fortunes of the royal house of Thebes in episodes which are related at some length, allowing the reader to savour the individual quality of each story and fix its 'dramatis personae' in mind and memory. The brief introduction places the book in its ancient context. Notes serve primarily to aid comprehension of the Latin but also give aesthetic and antiquarian information. A vocabulary is included. |
Contributor Bio(s): Ovid: - Publius Ovidius Naso, 43 BC- AD 17, was a Roman poet, born at Sulmo (Sulmona) in central Italy. Born into a wealthy Roman family and seemingly destined for a career in politics, he held some minor official posts before leaving public service to write, becoming one of the most distinguished poet of his time. His works include Amores, a collection of short love poems; Heroides, verse-letters written by mythological heroines to their lovers; Ars Amatoria, a satirical handbook on love; and Metamorphoses, his epic work on change. |