The Metamorphoses.
Pocket book| N° d'inventaire | 23051 |
| Format | 11 x 18 |
| Détails | 589 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2020 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782253240457 |
A major work of world literature, The Metamorphoses brings together in nearly 12,000 verses the story of the metamorphoses of gods and heroes, from the primordial chaos to the death of Julius Caesar. Ovid draws from the immense repertoire of Greek and Roman mythologies and recomposes his own epic to tell the story of the world: Icarus too close to the Sun, burning his wings; Daphne transforming herself into a laurel to flee Apollo; Orpheus descending to the Underworld to find his wife Eurydice… These mythical stories still permeate Western literature and culture today. In a new translation, Marie Cosnay offers us a reading of Ovid's text as an immense adventure novel.
A major work of world literature, The Metamorphoses brings together in nearly 12,000 verses the story of the metamorphoses of gods and heroes, from the primordial chaos to the death of Julius Caesar. Ovid draws from the immense repertoire of Greek and Roman mythologies and recomposes his own epic to tell the story of the world: Icarus too close to the Sun, burning his wings; Daphne transforming herself into a laurel to flee Apollo; Orpheus descending to the Underworld to find his wife Eurydice… These mythical stories still permeate Western literature and culture today. In a new translation, Marie Cosnay offers us a reading of Ovid's text as an immense adventure novel.