{"product_id":"ovids-metamorphoses-9780520394858","title":"Ovids Metamorphoses","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"S[oucy]’s translation has great merit. It is more poetic than any current version.\" * Classics for All *\u003cbr\u003e\"Soucy’s Commentary gives lavishly helpful guidance to the piecemeal reader, noticing links and making comparisons between different tales. . . . He’s refreshingly sensitive to the way contemporary concerns with sexual and identity politics can feel urgently addressed by the \u003ci\u003eMetamorphoses\u003c\/i\u003e. Equally refreshing, from the other side, is the fact that as a scholar he feels the value and importance of seeing past attitudes clearly, neither discreetly veiling elements in them that might affront a contemporary sensibility – as many translators have done with divine rapes – nor reading them as if Ovid were our contemporary and saw life as we do.\" * The High Window *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e List of Illustrations \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction \u003cbr\u003e Translator’s Note \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e METAMORPHOSES \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Book 1 \u003cbr\u003e Prologue • The First Creation • The Ages of Man • The Gigantomachy •\u003cbr\u003e Lycaön • The Deluge • Deucalion and Pyrrha • The Second\u003cbr\u003e Creation: Python • Apollo and Daphne • Io, Part 1 • Argus:\u003cbr\u003e Pan and Syrinx • Io, Part 2 • Phaëthon, Part 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Book 2 \u003cbr\u003e Phaëthon, Part 2 • The Heliads and Cygnus • Callisto • The Raven\u003cbr\u003e and the Crow • Ocyrhoë • Battus • The Envy of Aglauros • Europa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Book 3 \u003cbr\u003e Cadmus and the Dragon’s Teeth • Actaeon • Semele • Tiresias •\u003cbr\u003e Echo and Narcissus • Pentheus and Acoetes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Book 4 \u003cbr\u003e The Daughters of Minyas, Part 1 • Pyramus and Thisbe • The Loves\u003cbr\u003e of the Sun • Hermaphroditus and Salmacis • The Daughters of\u003cbr\u003e Minyas, Part 2 • Athamas and Ino • Cadmus and Harmonia • Perseus,\u003cbr\u003e Atlas, and Andromeda • Perseus and Medusa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Book 5 \u003cbr\u003e Perseus and Phineus • Proetus and Polydectes • Pyreneus and the\u003cbr\u003e Muses • The Pierides, Part 1 • The Rape of Proserpine • Arethusa •\u003cbr\u003e Lyncus and Triptolemus • The Pierides, Part 2\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Book 6 \u003cbr\u003e Arachne and Minerva • Niobe • Latona and the Lycians • Marsyas •\u003cbr\u003e Pelops • Tereus, Procne, and Philomela • Boreas and Orithyia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Book 7 \u003cbr\u003e Medea • Theseus • The War with Minos • The Myrmidons • Cephalus\u003cbr\u003e and Procris\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Book 8 \u003cbr\u003e Scylla and Nisus • The Minotaur • Daedalus • The Calydonian\u003cbr\u003e Hunt • Althaea and Meleäger • Acheloüs • Baucis and\u003cbr\u003e Philemon • Mestra and Erysichthon • Acheloüs and Hercules, Part 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Book 9 \u003cbr\u003e Acheloüs and Hercules, Part 2 • The Death of Hercules • Lucina\u003cbr\u003e and Galanthis • Dryope and Lotus • Iolaüs and Themis • Byblis and\u003cbr\u003e Caunus • Iphis and Ianthe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Book 10 \u003cbr\u003e Orpheus and Eurydice • Cyparissus • Ganymede and\u003cbr\u003e Hyacinth • The Cerastae, the Propoetides, and\u003cbr\u003e Pygmalion • Myrrha • Venus and Adonis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Book 11 \u003cbr\u003e The Death of Orpheus • Midas • Peleus and Thetis • Daedalion\u003cbr\u003e and Chione • The Wolf of Psamathe • Ceÿx and Alcyone • Aesacus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Book 12 \u003cbr\u003e The Greeks at Aulis • The House of Rumor • Achilles and Cygnus •\u003cbr\u003e Caenis Becomes Caeneus • The Centauromachy • Hercules and\u003cbr\u003e Periclymenus • The Death of Achilles\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Book 13 \u003cbr\u003e The Judgment of Arms • The Sorrows of Hecuba • Memnon •\u003cbr\u003e The Daughters of Anius • Galatea, Acis, and Polyphemus • Scylla\u003cbr\u003e and Glaucus, Part 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Book 14 \u003cbr\u003e Scylla and Glaucus, Part 2 • The Sibyl of Cumae • Polyphemus • Ulysses\u003cbr\u003e and Circe • Picus and Canens • The Crew of Diomedes • The Apotheosis\u003cbr\u003e of Aeneas • Pomona and Vertumnus • The Apotheoses of\u003cbr\u003e Romulus and Hersilie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Book 15\u003cbr\u003e Hercules and Croton • Pythagoras • Egeria and Hippolytus •\u003cbr\u003e Cipus • Aesculapius • The Apotheosis of Julius Caesar • Epilogue\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Commentary \u003cbr\u003e Appendix: Text and Translation Notes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments \u003cbr\u003e Selected Bibliography \u003cbr\u003e Glossary of Names and Places \u003cbr\u003e About the Translator\u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402969817431,"sku":"9780520394858","price":14.24,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520394858.jpg?v=1730481994","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/ovids-metamorphoses-9780520394858","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}