Metamorphoses
The Metamorphoses (Latin: Metamorphōsēs, from Ancient Greek: μεταμορφώσεις: "Transformations") is a Latin narrative poem from 8 CE by the Roman poet Ovid. It is considered his magnum opus. The poem chronicles the history of the world from its creation to the deification of Julius Caesar in a mythico-historical framework comprising over 250 myths, 15 books, and 11,995 lines. Although it meets some of the criteria for an epic, the poem defies simple genre classification because of its varying themes and tones. Ovid took inspiration from the genre of metamorphosis poetry and some of the Metamorphoses derives from earlier treatment of the same myths; however, he diverged significantly from all of his models. One of the most influential works in Western culture, the Metamorphoses has inspired such authors as Dante Alighieri, Giovanni Boccaccio, Geoffrey Chaucer, and William Shakespeare. Numerous episodes from the poem have been depicted in works of sculpture, painting, and music, especially during the Renaissance. There was a resurgence of attention to his work towards the end of the 20th century. Today the Metamorphoses continues to inspire and be retold through various media. Numerous English translations of the work have been made, the first by William Caxton in 1480. Source: Wikipedia (en)
Editions
23- date of publication: 2004ISBN-13: 978-0-14-044789-7
- date of publication: 2004ISBN-13: 978-0-19-814666-7
- date of publication: 2005-01-17ISBN-13: 978-0-393-32642-0
- ISBN-13: 978-1-60384-497-0
- date of publication: 2010ISBN-13: 978-0-393-92534-0
- ISBN-13: 978-0-674-99047-0
- date of publication: 2009-04-15ISBN-13: 978-0-19-953737-2
- date of publication: 1987ISBN-13: 978-0-19-281691-7
- date of publication: 2005ISBN-13: 978-1-59308-276-5
Works based on Metamorphoses 95
- Diana Bathing with her Nymphs with Actaeon and Callisto
- Apollo et Hyacinthus
- Così fan tutte
- Acis and Galatea
- Acis et Galatée
- Hercules
- Venus and Adonis
- Euridice
- Apollo and Daphne
- Cadmus et Hermione
- Il Pigmalione
- Andromeda Chained to the Rocks
- Daphne
- Die schönsten Sagen des klassischen Altertums
- The Abduction of Europa
- Landscape with the Fall of Icarus
- Scylla et Glaucus
- Six Metamorphoses after Ovid
- Aci, Galatea e Polifemo
- Phaëton
- Nymph and Satyr
- Venus and Adonis
- The Death of Procris
- Perseus Freeing Andromeda
- The Death of Hyacinthos
- Apollo and Diana Attacking the Children of Niobe
- Thésée
- The Death of Hyacinthus
- Persée
- Vénus et Adonis. Paysage de Grottaferrata (right half of Venus and Adonis)
- The Fall of Phaeton
- Perseus and Andromeda
- Venus and Adonis
- Venus and Adonis
- Venus and Adonis
- Venus and Adonis
- Venus and Adonis
- Venus and Adonis
- Venus and Adonis
- Death of Adonis
- Venus, Adonis and Cupid
- Actéon
- Echo and Narcissus
- Andromeda
- Apollo and Daphne
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