000 02517cam a22003613u 4500
001 28621
003 UtSlPG
005 20260610133643.0
006 m
007 cr n
008 260607r2009||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d
040 _aUtSlPG
041 7 _aen
_2iso639-1
050 4 _aPA
100 1 _aOvid,
_d44 BCE-18?
245 1 4 _aThe Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2009
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2009-04-27
508 _aProduced by Michael Roe, Ted Garvin and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English Blank Verse Vols. I & II" translated by J.J. Howard is a poetic epic translation of Ovid's classic work, likely written in the early 19th century. This ambitious collection explores themes of transformation and mythological tales, encapsulating the divine interactions and events that change characters and the world around them. With numerous transformations at its core, it reflects on human nature, love, and the whims of the gods. At the start of this translation, the narrative unfolds with Ovid invoking the muses to aid him in telling the tales of transformation from the chaotic origins of the universe through the ages of mankind. The text describes the creation of the world and the subsequent ages—golden, silver, bronze, and iron—each marked by a decline in morality and virtue. As the narrative progresses, it introduces pivotal characters and events, such as Deucalion and Pyrrha's survival of a great flood and the birth of various mythological figures, setting the stage for the richly woven tales of love and tragedy that follow. Through lush imagery and rhythmic verse, the opening captures the epic's essence as a tapestry of myth intertwined with the human experience. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aClassical literature
653 _aLatin poetry -- Translations into English
653 _aFables, Latin -- Translations into English
653 _aMetamorphosis -- Mythology -- Poetry
653 _aMythology, Classical -- Poetry
700 1 _aHoward, J. J.
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28621
999 _c69529
_d69529