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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    title: Ovid's metamorphoses
    sub title: a new translation
  title info:
    title: Metamorphoses. English
  name:
    name part: Ovid
    name part: 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Soucy, C. Luke
    name part: 1997-
    role:
      role term: translator,
    role:
      role term: writer of introduction.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: cau
    date issued: 2023
    copyright date: 2023
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  language:
    language term: lat
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: xiii, 663 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
  abstract: Ovid's Metamorphoses is the original source for classical mythology. Combining the best-known versions of tales from Icarus to Medusa, Ovid's epic compendium of Greco-Roman legend has exerted an influence on European art and culture rivaled only by the Bible. Yet despite it being the magnum opus of Rome's cleverest and most creative poet, centuries of conservative translators have robbed the poem of its subversive force as a book-length exploration of power, where heroes are drained of their heroism, victims are given their say and the earth is always holier than heaven. Coming at a political moment singularly resonant with Ovid's sympathy toward the oppressed, this boldly poetic translation matches Ovid's style while incorporating the latest scholarship on a work equal parts canonical and revisionist. Complete with annotations, glossary and illustrations, this edition will bring fresh insights to both returning readers and those encountering the poem for the first time.
  note: translated, annotated, and introduced by C. Luke Soucy.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    topic: Mythology, Classical
    genre: Poetry
  subject:
    topic: Metamorphosis
    topic: Mythology
    genre: Poetry
  subject:
    topic: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General
  classification: PA6522.M2 S68 2023
  classification: 873/.01
  related item:
    title info:
      title: World literature in translation
  identifier: 9780520394858
  identifier: 0520394852
  identifier: 9780520394865
  identifier: 2022058898
  record info:
    record content source: DLC
    record creation date: 221214
    record change date: 20240812203405.2
    record identifier: in00004759273