Ovid: Metamorphoses Book XIII

by Neil Ovid, Neil Hopkinson (Editor)

This volume presents the Latin text, with an Introduction and full commentary, of Book XIII of the Roman poet Ovid's long work Metamorphoses. It discusses in detail Ovid's treatment of his sources and sets out the ways in which he adapted earlier literature as material for his novel enterprise. Guidance is offered on points of language and style, and the Introduction treats in general terms the themes of metamorphosis and the structure of the poem as a whole.

264 pages, Paperback

First published November 2, 2000

Reviews

[Jay Fisher · Rating 5 out of 5]

So much dam fun. Essentially four stories told by Ajax, Odysseus, Galatea and Glaucus in a baroque rhetorical style that never fails to surprise and delight even though every speech is n dactylic hexameter.