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Liverpool University Press Ovid: Metamorphoses Books V–VIII
Ovid’s poetical career reached its climax in his masterpiece, the Metamorphoses. The work displays his mature genius and has become a standard treasure-house of mythology for all succeeding generations. The complete work has been edited for this series by Donald Hill. Each volume includes the Latin text with a line by line parallel prose translation, and notes which trace Ovid’s sources and his influence on literature and art. The volumes stand alone, but the whole is complete in four volumes, and the final volume contains a complete index. Metamorphoses Books V–VIII is the second of the four volumes, the others are: Metamorphoses Books I–IV (1985), Metamorphoses Books IX–XII (1999) and Metamorphoses Books XIII–XV with complete index (2000).
£25.29
Liverpool University Press Ovid: Metamorphoses Books I–IV
Ovid’s poetical career reached its climax in his masterpiece, the Metamorphoses. The work displays his mature genius and has become a standard treasure-house of mythology for all succeeding generations. This edition of the first four of the fifteen books presents a new line by line translation which strives to display something of the wit, polish and balance of the original. The Latin text provided reflects the considerable recent progress made in establishing a sound text of Ovid’s greatest work. The notes trace the sources from which Ovid worked and discuss how and why he adapted them. The history of Ovid’s influence on his successors in literature and art down to modern times is also extensively treated, with copious notes for further reading. [Latin text with facing-page English translation, introduction and commentary.]
£27.99
Liverpool University Press Ovid: Metamorphoses XIII-XV (plus indexes to all volumes)
This volume completes this distinguished edition of Metamorphoses . This volume completes Donald Hills distinguished edition to the Metamorphoses. Of the pevious volume it was said: It is all we could hope for, with excellent translation, fuller understanding from the notes and an extensive bibliography. The text is attractively and conveniently laid out, with Latin and translation en face. The translation is in blank verse for the English reader while being stimulating and thought-provoking for the Latinist. The notes too make interesting reading at any level, with a vast store of information from a multitude of sources." ^ILACT^/I
£25.29
Liverpool University Press Ovid: Metamorphoses Books IX–XII
Ovid’s poetical career reached its climax in his masterpiece, the Metamorphoses. The work displays his mature genius and has become a standard treasure-house of mythology for all succeeding generations. The complete work has been edited for this series by Donald Hill. Each volume includes the Latin text with a line by line parallel prose translation, and notes which trace Ovid’s sources and his influence on literature and art. The volumes stand alone, but the whole is complete in four volumes, and the final volume contains a complete index. Metamorphoses Books IX–XII is the third of the four volumes, the others are: Metamorphoses Books I–IV (1985), Metamorphoses Books V–VIII (1992) and Metamorphoses Books XIII–XV with complete index (2000).
£25.29
Liverpool University Press Ovid: Metamorphoses Books I-XV SET
All four volumes in Donald Hill's Metamorphoses series, I-IV, V-VIII, IX-XII and XIII-XV plus indexes.
£82.50
