Ovid Metamorphoses by Rolfe Humphries (PDF)

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Ovid’s Metamorphoses is a collection of all the myths of the Roman poet as he knew them and also the book presents a series of love poems about the loves of men, women and the gods. There is also a poem of hate.

User’s Reviews

Reviews from Amazon users which were colected at the time this book was published on the website:

⭐(This review relates ONLY to the Wordsworth edition. Amazon.com lumps all translations together under Ovid as the author). This edition is the “translation” by Dryden and some helpers into rhyming iambic pentameter couplets. It displays a certain viruosity but I am reminded of what someone said about Pope’s Iliad “It is a very pretty thing, sir, but you must not call it Homer.” Apart from being rather too free, you have the added difficulty of trying to read early eighteenth century English so that you have to translate the translation so as to understand stuff like: “Now, with remorse his conscience deeply stung, He drew the faulchion that beside her hung” The excellent and erudite introduction by Garth Tissol is worth the price (which is commendably low)

⭐I bought this ancient classic because I am guiding in an art museum, and this work has inspired so many artists. It’s full of drama of the same kind we see in special-effects movies aimed at thrill-seeking youngsters these days. Beautiful young women turn into trees, gods cheat on their goddesses, virile young men speed through the sky seeking vengeance — that sort of thing. Really, it reminded me that human folly and frailty don’t change over the centuries. All a great storyteller like Ovid needs is a good translator like this one.

⭐Adopting from the traditions of the allied or inherited cultures and kingdoms reaches a turning point in this one. Also, both public and private college libraries either miss-shelve or overlook it when ordering it. It is a different book from Aurelius’s book The Golden Ass (mule). Metamorphoses is more than contrivances for Roman humor only. From the Greek Iliad and Odyssey to the Roman’s several books about their origins, this is the second of those several. Just wanted here to correct its place and help you understand the mass of abreviated Latin verses that a good portion of our ancient world mythological origins are told in. More work for either the archaeologist — and just plain English student survey courses, or a good old book lover.

⭐The stars are for the Kindle link, which is bad advertising. (I give Mandelbaum’s translation itself 5 stars.)Amazon’s main page for Mandelbaum’s translation links to a prose version by Henry T Riley, “literally translated, with notes and explanations” (that’s not a misprint, folks). As far as I can tell, there is no Kindle version of Mandelbaum. The Riley text is tedious; footnotes and explanations follow each fable. This might be helpful for academic purposes, but there’s no enjoyment in it. Until Mandelbaum shows up for e-reading, get Horace Gregory’s translation

⭐if you want a good, readable verse version for Kindle.

⭐A witty book… Where change is the constant, but a pattern undergirds the change. A Roman view of theosis is particularly valuable at Christmas time to compare to the greater idea of the incarnation of Jesus.

⭐This is a very readable translation. I went back and forth between three translations before settling on this as the one I enjoyed best.This is one of the more important works in the World lit canon. If you are interested in myth, it’s a must-read.

⭐Rolfe Humphries makes this ancient text sing in English. I projected the Kindle version onto a large screen in my high school classroom, bringing to my tenth grade classes Ovid’s prescient insights and brilliant narrative.

⭐ok

⭐Humphries gelingt es, dieses großartige Werk dem Normalleser zugänglich zu machen. Das ist keine geringe Leistung. Stehen die “Metamorphosen” doch am Beginn der europäischen Literatur und sind sie neben der Bibel das meist zitierte Werk der abendländischen Literatur. Ovids Werk handelt von Verwandlungen verschiedenster Art. Meist geht es darum, dass Götter ihre Macht missbrauchen, um Sterbliche in Tiere oder Pflanzen zu verwandeln. Oft nachdem sie vorher von den Göttern missbraucht wurden oder indem sie der ungerechten Rachsucht der Unsterblichen zum Opfer fielen. Die Götter sind dabei nicht zimperlich. Hier kommen die meisten schweren Straftaten, die hierzulande vom Strafgesetzbuch erfasst sind, zur Anwendung: Mord und Totschlag, Entführung, Vergewaltigung, Inzest, usw. Nicht umsonst geriet “Metamorphosen” ins Blickfeld politisch korrekter Studenten in den USA, welche von ihren Professoren verlangten, das Werk mit einem entsprechenden Hinweis auf potentiell gefährliche Inhalte zu versehen.Sicher, “Metamorhosen” ist ein gewalttätiges und chauvinistisches Werk, dessen männliche Dominanz und Brutalität augenscheinlich sind, aber es steht in seiner Bedeutung für die europäische Kulturgeschichte auch einzigartig da. Man ist beim Lesen immer wieder überrascht, für wie viele europäische Mythen, die ins Allgemeinwissen übergegangen sind, bereits hier die Grundlagen gelegt wurden.

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⭐Ho acquistato una copia usata in ottimo stato dell’edizione Teubneriana rilegata in tela blu. Fascino e qualità allo stato puro.

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⭐Advertised as Ovid’s “Metamorphoses,” translated by Mary Innes … this is actually “The Metamorphosis” by Franz Kafka.

⭐If your expecting to read Ovid’s poems, do NOT buy this book. This is Kafka’s “Metamorphoses”. I wanted to study the poem of “Pyramus and Thisbe”, and the name of the author on the page said clearly Ovid. Shame on you.

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⭐Mal papel, mal tamaño de texto (muy pequeño en medio de la página), encuadernación de hojas pegadas… La obra, los lectores y el trabajo del editor se merecían algo digno, no está vergüenza. Y el precio es alto, muy alto, para el libro que se recibe. ¡Qué pena!Me refiero a la edición de W de G (Isbn 9783598715655) de Metamorphoses de Ovidio.

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