Written between AD 2 and 8, Ovid's poem, the Metamorphoses , gave a great number of Greek and Roman myths the form in which they are known today. Slavitt, translator of Ovid's Poetry of Exile , offers a new English verse translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses .
A collection of Ovid's poems that deals with the whole spectrum of sexual desire, ranging from deeply emotional declarations of eternal devotion to flippant arguments for promiscuity. It features poems such as Amores and Cures for Love .
The modern, unacademic idiom of A.D. Melville's translation opens the way to a fresh understanding of Ovid's unique and elusive vision of reality.
The five books of the Tristia are Ovid's first response to the pain and isolation of exile. They constitute both a moving personal document and a testimony to the enduring values of the mind in the face of arbitrary authority.
The first English language commentary on any book of the Fasti since Frazer's five volume edition and annotated Loeb of 1929/31.
A commentary on seven of Ovid's twenty-one epistles in elegiac verse.
This is an edition with commentary of six poems by the Roman poet Ovid, the first written on these 'double' letters since 1898.
When a deadly serpent's teeth are sown in the ground, warriors spring from the bloody soil. Only a great man can tame them and fulfil his destiny. Far away, Medusa, snakes writhing in her hair, meets her nemesis. Enter a universe where love is cruel, men are destroyed by the gods, and treachery is paid for in blood.
A superb edition of Tristia and the Black Sea Letters, in which Ovid pleads his case for a return from exile. Includes a significant introduction and excellent explanatory notes by the well-known Peter Green.
-- 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
A full-scale commentary emphasising the poem's didactic elements and its treatment of women.