This simple, utilitarian edition offers sixth-form and undergraduate students an introduction to the enchanted, sometimes violent, often sad, often funny world of the "Metamorphoses". Book III is ideal in this respect, for it possesses a homogeneity unusual among the fifteen books of the poem and follows the fortunes of the royal house of Thebes in episodes which are related at some length, allowing the reader to savour the individual quality of each story and fix its 'dramatis personae' in mind and memory. The brief introduction places the book in its ancient context. Notes serve primarily to aid comprehension of the Latin but also give aesthetic and antiquarian information. A vocabulary is included.
| ISBN: | 9780906515020 |
| Publication date: | 1st June 1991 |
| Author: | Ovid, A A R Henderson |
| Publisher: | Bristol Classical Press an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 137 pages |
| Series: | Latin Texts |
| Genres: |
Literary essays Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval |
This simple, utilitarian edition offers sixth-form and undergraduate students an introduction to the enchanted, sometimes violent, often sad, often funny world of the "Metamorphoses". Book III is ideal in this respect, for it possesses a homogeneity unusual among the fifteen books of the poem and follows the fortunes of the royal house of Thebes in episodes which are related at some length, allowing the reader to savour the individual quality of each story and fix its 'dramatis personae' in mind and memory. The brief introduction places the book in its ancient context. Notes serve primarily to aid comprehension of the Latin but also give aesthetic and antiquarian information. A vocabulary is included.
Metamorphoses III features in the following genres: Literary essays, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval
Metamorphoses III is available in Paperback
Metamorphoses III was written by Ovid, A A R Henderson and published by Bristol Classical Press an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing
Metamorphoses III has 137 pages
Yes it is part of Latin Texts series