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Ovid's Metamorphoses Books 6-10 (Bks 6-10)

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The previous reviewer should note that Ovid died in 17 B.C., which would not only make him an early Christian, it would make him the FIRST Christian (Jesus was still a boy). And Ovid was even less of a philosopher. But he was Rome's #1 (or no lower than #1a) poet.

Everthing that Ovid does in the poem serves his wit: from expressive metrical effects to rhetorical flourishes; from the structure of individual episodes to the arrangement of story groups; from the hilariously inventive transitions to narrative innovations.

W.S. Anderson's commentaries show an unmatched sensitivity to Ovid's style.

I used this book for class, but as is typical with the text of the Metamorphoses, there were definitely discrepancies throughout the text. I would recommend that you use more than just this text, perhaps the Oxford, in order to compare some areas where creative license was taken. Be sure to skim the notes on translation at the bottom if you're serious about the text. If everyone in your class is using this, not too big a deal since no one will have differences come up in the translation.

Just because someone lived in at the same time as Jesus does not make him a Christian--far from it, in fact. Ovid, as you might have noticed if you have read his works, is a poet who write about life, love, power, society, loss, loneliness, and the pain of exile.

As a philosopher, he wedded classical methods of inquiry to a Chrisitan faith. The Metamorphoses captures the scope and the fire of Ovid's genius as thoroughly as asny single volume can. It contains complete verse translation of Ovid's 15 books.

The purpose of the Metamorphoses was to edit in a poetic way a few stories from the greek mytholegy from the begionning of the world and until the times of Aogustus.

In all the stories the people and the gods change themselves into animals, beasts, birds, plants and rocks. Here took Oviduis the greatest task by selecting only the most interesting stories from the mytholegy and twist them together in a chronicle line.