Book Review of The Metamorphoses by Ovid
Name of Book: The Metamorphoses Author: Ovid ISBN: 0-451-61761-4 Publisher: Mentor Book Type of book: Myths, Rome, changes, wars, chronology, ancient times and days, Greece Year it was published: The year 8 ME Summary: Perhaps one of the most influential works ever written, "The Metamorphoses" is an epic and narrative poem by the Roman writer Ovid. Finished in 8 AD, this work, organized into fifteen books, combines a stunning arrangement of mythological tales that are masterfully connected by a theme of transformation, most often through love. Beginning with the world's creation, the poet utilizes unparalleled wit to describe the history of the world, incorporating the most commonly known Greek and Roman myths and legends of his time in a style both dramatic and mischievous. Ovid's often sensuous poems weave together the tales of Daedalus and Icarus, Pygmalion, Perseus and Andromeda, the Trojan War, and the deification of Augustus, frequently changing...