Ovid: Metamorphoses XI (Latin Texts)
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Ovid: Metamorphoses XI (Latin Texts)
Book Details
- Author
- Ovid
- Publisher
- Bristol Classical Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Category
- Classics
- Condition
- New
- ISBN-13
- 9780906515402
- ISBN-10
- 0906515408
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ISBN: 0906515408
Author: Ovid
Condition: New
This isthe first separate edition of Metamorphoses XI since that of G. A. T. Daviesin 1907. While Davies' edition is incomplete (it omits certain lines) and hiscommentary is mainly concerned with philological matter, this new editiongives a complete text and the notes are designed to assist appreciation ofOvid's literary qualities. The introduction seeks to define Ovid's literaryoriginality in the Metamorphoses and analyses his considerable influence uponEnglish literature. The appendix provides an opportunity for comparativeliterary criticism. Book XI containssome of Ovid's best descriptive passages and offers the student an admirableintroduction to the Metamorphoses.
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