Ovid's Metamorphoses Books 6-10

by Ovid

Book Overview

Ovid is a poet to enjoy, declares William S. Anderson in his introduction to this textbook. And Anderson's skillful introduction and enlightening textual commentary will indeed make it a joy to use.

In these books Ovid begins to leave the conflict between men and the gods to concentrate on the relations among human beings. Subjects of the stories include Arachne and Niobe; Tereus, Procne, and Philomela; Medea and Jason; Orpheus and Eurydice;...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806114568
• ISBN13: 9780806114569
• Release Date: January 1978
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.3" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

Ovid was NOT a Christian

Just because someone lived in at the same time as Jesus does not make him a Christian--far from it, in fact. Ovid, as you might have noticed if you have read his works, is a poet who write about life, love, power, society, loss, loneliness, and the pain of exile.

Superb commentary, idiotic previous review.

The previous reviewer should note that Ovid died in 17 B.C., which would not only make him an early Christian, it would make him the FIRST Christian (Jesus was still a boy). And Ovid was even less of a philosopher. But he was Rome's #1 (or no lower than #1a) poet. Everthing that Ovid does in the poem serves his wit: from expressive metrical effects to rhetorical flourishes; from the structure of individual episodes to the arrangement of story groups; from the hilariously inventive transitions to narrative innovations. W.S. Anderson's commentaries show an unmatched sensitivity to Ovid's style.

One of the liveliest of the greek sagas.

As a philosopher, he wedded classical methods of inquiry to a Chrisitan faith. The Metamorphoses captures the scope and the fire of Ovid's genius as thoroughly as asny single volume can. It contains complete verse translation of Ovid's 15 books.The purpose of the Metamorphoses was to edit in a poetic way a few stories from the greek mytholegy from the begionning of the world and until the times of Aogustus.In all the stories the people and the gods change themselves into animals, beasts, birds, plants and rocks. Here took Oviduis the greatest task by selecting only the most interesting stories from the mytholegy and twist them together in a chronicle line.