Ovid\'s epic poem-whose theme of change has resonated throughout the ages-is one of the most important texts of Western imagination, an inspiration from Dante\'s times to the present day, when writers such as Salman Rushdie and Italo Calvino have found a living source in Ovid\'s work.
This volume also includes endnotes and a glossary of people, places, and personifications..
Martin\'s Metamorphoses will be the translation of choice for contemporary readers in English.
Charles Martin combines a close fidelity to Ovid\'s text with verse that catches the speed and liveliness of the original.
Ovid\'s epic poem-whose theme of change has resonated throughout the ages-is one of the most important texts of Western imagination, an inspiration from Dante\'s times to the present day, when writers such as Salman Rushdie and Italo Calvino have found a living source in Ovid\'s work
