Metamorphoses

Ovid’s sensuous and witty poem in an accessible translation by David Raeburn. In Metamophoses Ovid brings together a dazzling array of mythological tales ingeniously linked by the idea of transformation—often as a result of love or lust—where men and women find themselves magically changed into new and sometimes extraordinary beings. Beginning with the creation of the world and ending with the deification of Augustus Ovid interweaves many of the best-known myths and legends of ancient Greece and Rome including Daedalus and Icarus Pyramus and Thisbe Pygmalion Perseus and Andromeda and the fall of Troy. Erudite but light-hearted dramatic and yet playful Metamorphoses has influenced writers and artists throughout the centuries from Shakespeare and Titian to Picasso and Ted Hughes.. For more than seventy years Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1700 titles Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.