Metamorphoses: The New, Annotated Edition
Description for Sales People: 1. Translator Rolfe Humphries was the first modern poet to translate Metamorphoses. Consequently, his translation has been recognized for capturing th e poetic rhythm and spirit of the original. In online discussions of the various translations, he often surfaces as the most readable. 2. Joseph D. Reed's annotation is the exhaustively complete and represents the latest state-of-the-art scholarship on Ovid. It's been nearly a decade since the last annotated edition. He nicely provides background on the myths and probes the origins of many phrases, showing how Humphries rendered original passages in certain ways to achieve poetic effect. Table of Contents: INTRODUCTION BOOK ONEThe CreationThe Four AgesJove's InterventionThe Story of LycaonThe FloodDeucalion and PyrrhaApollo and DaphneJove and IoBOOK TWOThe Story of PhaethonJove in ArcadyThe Story of the RavenThe Story of OcyrhoeMercury and BattusMercury, Herse, and AglaurosThe House of the Goddess EnvyEuropaBOOK THREEThe Story of CadmusThe Story of ActaeonThe Story of SemeleThe Story of TiresiasThe Story of Echo and NarcissusThe Story of Pentheus and BacchusBOOK FOURThe Story of Pyramus and ThisbeThe Story of Mars and VenusThe Sun-god and LeucothoeThe Story of SalmacisThe End of the Daughters of MinyasThe Story of Athamas and InoThe End of CadmusThe Story of PerseusBOOK FIVEThe Fighting of PerseusMinerva Visits the MusesBOOK SIXThe Story of NiobeThe Story of Tereus, Procne, and PhilomelaBOOK SEVENThe Story of Jason and MedeaWar Between Crete and AthensThe Story of Cephalus and ProcrisBOOK EIGHTThe Story of Nisus and ScyllaThe Story of Daedalus and IcarusThe Calydonian BoarThe Brand of MeleagerThe Return of TheseusThe Story of Baucis and PhilemonThe Story of ErysichthonBOOK NINEThe Story of Achelous' Duel for DeianiraThe Story of Hercules, Nessus, and DeianiraThe Story of Hercules' BirthThe Story of Dry opeThe Story of Caunus and ByblisThe Story of Iphis and LantheBOOK TENThe Story of Orpheus and EurydiceThe Story of CyparissusThe Story of GanymedeThe Story of Apollo and HyacinthusTwo Incidents of Venus AngerThe Story of PygmalionThe Story of Cinyras and MyrrhaThe Story of AdonisVenus Tells Adonis the Story of AtalantaThe Fate of AdonisBOOK ELEVENThe Death of OrpheusThe Story of MidasMidas Never LearnsThe Building of the Walls of TroyThe Story of ThetisCeyx Tells the Story of DaedalionThe Story of Peleus' CattleThe Quest of CeyxThe Story of Aesacus and Hesperia BOOK TWELVEThe Invasion of TroyNestor Tells the Story of CaeneusStory of the Battle with the CentaursNestor Is Asked Why He Omitted HerculesBOOK THIRTEENThe Argument between Ajax and UlyssesAfter the FallThe Sacrifice of PolyxenaThe Discovery of PolydorusThe Story of MemnonThe Pilgrimage of AeneasThe Story of Anius' DaughtersThe Pilgrimage ResumedThe Story of GalateaThe Song of PolyphemusThe Transformation of AcisThe Story of GlaucusBOOK FOURTEENThe Story of Glaucus ContinuedThe Pilgrimage of Aeneas ResumedAchaemenides Tells His StoryThe Story of PicusThe Pilgrimage of Aeneas ResumedThe Narrative of DiomedesThe Return of VenulusThe Deification of AeneasLegendary History of RomePomona and VertumnusThe Story of Iphis and AnaxareteMore Early Roman HistoryBOOK FIFTEENThe Succession of NumaThe Teachings of Pythagoras The Return of Numa The Story of Hippolytus The Story of Cipus The Story of Aesculapius The Deification of CaesarThe Epilogue COMMENTARY by Joseph D. ReedEXPANDED GLOSSARY AND INDEX Biographical Note: Poet and critic Rolfe Humphries (1894-1969) also translated Virgil's Aeneid, Lucretius's On the Nature of Things, Ovid's Art of Love, and Juvenal's Satires.Joseph D. Reed is Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature at Brown University. He is the author of Virgil's Gaze: Nation and Poetry in the Aeneid. Review Quotes: "One of the most captivating books ever written, a whole library of love stories, murder stories, horror stories, fairy stories, and adventure stories. . . Humphries's version. . . has the sound merits of directness, unpretentiousness and integrity. . . [His English is] swift, lucid . . . and admirably suited to its general purpose, the telling of a story." -New York Times"It is very much alive, fresh, racy, and above all, vivid. . . .Humphries reproduces most successfully the speed and animation of Ovid's narrative, its modernity, its gaiety, and its tenderness." -Classical Review"So easy to read that one may have to think twice to realize these tales are nearly 2000 years old." -Washington Post"--"Not too many 12,000-line translations from the '50s are still in print, let alone getting a brand new set of annotations. About those I wanna say: jam a bookmark back there and read every single note. They're the real thing, impossible to fake. . . . As for the translation as a whole, the main thing it's got going for it is clarity. I, for one, felt I was able to pay attention to the stuff like never before. . . . So I say double thumbs up to Humphries and Reed. Recommended."--RHINO"Reed's annotated edition of Ovid's realistic, moving, and influential classic can now easily be adopted for classroom use, and it will also serve the curious who wish to know more about this unparalleled, captivating array of Roman mythology. . . . Highly recommended. "--Choice"One of the most captivating books ever written, a whole library of love stories, murder stories, horror stories, fairy stories, and adventure stories. . . Humphries's version. . . has the sound merits of directness, unpretentiousness and integrity. . . [His English is] swift, lucid . . . and admirably suited to its general purpose, the telling of a story."--The New York Times"So easy to read that one may have to think twice to realize these tales are nearly 2000 years old."--Washington Post"It is very much alive, fresh, racy, and above all, vivid. . . .Humphries reproduces most successfully the speed and animation of Ovid's narrative, its modernity, its gaiety, and its tenderness."--Classical Review"Joseph Reed's annotation of Rolfe Humphries' translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses strikes an impressive balance between accessibility for general readers with no Latin and detailed analysis for advanced Classics students and researchers."--Classical Journal Review Publisher Marketing: Ovid's Metamorphoses is one of the most influential works of Western literature, inspiring artists and writers from Titian to Shakespeare to Salman Rushdie. These are some of the most famous Roman myths as you've never read them before--sensuous, dangerously witty, audacious--from the fall of Troy to birth of the minotaur, and many others that only appear in the Metamorphoses. Connected together by the immutable laws of change and metamorphosis, the myths tell the story of the world from its creation up to the transformation of Julius Caesar from man into god.In the ten-beat, unrhymed lines of this now-legendary and widely praised translation, Rolfe Humphries captures the spirit of Ovid's swift and conversational language, bringing the wit and sophistication of the Roman poet to modern readers.This special annotated edition includes new, comprehensive commentary and notes by Joseph D. Reed, Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature at Brown University. Author: OvidPublisher: Indiana University PressBinding: PaperbackPub Date: 2018-04-13BISAC: Poetry / Ancient & Classical|Literary Criticism / Ancient and ClassicalSubjects: Metamorphosis|Mythology|Epic poetry, Latin|Fables|Mythology, Classical|Fables, Latin|Epic poetryWeight: 1.65 lbsISBN: 9780253033598ASIN: -SKU: SP-9780253033598
