Metamorphoses
(Book)
Uniform Title
Contributors
Humphries, Rolfe translator.
Published
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 1955.
Physical Desc
xiv, 401 pages ; 21 cm.
Lexile measure
1180L
Status
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Indiana State Library - Indianapolis - General book | ISLM 818.5 O96MH | On Shelf |
Noble Co PL - Central (Albion) - NCPLC-Non-fiction | 871.2 OVI | Missing |
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Published
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 1955.
Format
Book
Language
English
Lexile measure
1180
Notes
General Note
Includes index and glossary.
Description
"Ovid is, after Homer, the single most important source for classical mythology. The Metamorphoses, which he wrote over the six-year period leading up to his exile from Rome in 8 a.d. , is the primary source for over two hundred classical legends that survived to the twenty-first century. Many of the most familiar classical myths, including the stories of Apollo and Daphne and Pyramus and Thisbe, come directly from Ovid. The Metamorphoses is a twelve-thousand-line poem, written in dactylic hexameters and arranged loosely in chronological order from the beginning of the universe's creation to the Augustan Rome of Ovid's own time. The major theme of the Metamorphoses, as the title suggests, is metamorphosis, or change. Throughout the fifteen books making up the Metamorphoses, the idea of change is pervasive. Gods are continually transforming their own selves and shapes, as well as the shapes and beings of humans. The theme of power is also ever-present in Ovid's work. The gods as depicted by the Roman poets are wrathful, vengeful, capricious creatures who are forever turning their powers against weaker mortals and half-mortals, especially females. Ovid's own situation as a poet who was exiled because of Augustus's capriciousness is thought by many to be reflected in his depictions of the relationships between the gods and humans." -- from http://www.enotes.com/metamorphoses-of-ovid (Jan. 24, 2011.)
Target Audience
NP,Lexile.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Ovid, 4. B. A. o. 1. A., & Humphries, R. (1955). Metamorphoses . Indiana University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D and Rolfe Humphries. 1955. Metamorphoses. Indiana University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D and Rolfe Humphries. Metamorphoses Indiana University Press, 1955.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D., and Rolfe Humphries. Metamorphoses Indiana University Press, 1955.
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