Ovid's main surviving works are the "Metamorphoses," a source of inspiration to artists and poets including Chaucer and Shakespeare; the "Fasti," a poetic treatment of the Roman year of which Ovid finished only half; the "Amores," love poems; the "Ars Amatoria," not moral but clever and in parts beautiful; "Heroides," fictitious love letters by legendary women to absent husbands; and the dismal works written in exile: the "Tristia," appeals to persons including his wife and also the emperor; and similar "Epistulae ex Ponto." Poetry came naturally to Ovid, who at his best is lively, graphic and lucid.
The Loeb Classical Library edition of Ovid is in six volumes.
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Ovid's main surviving works are the "Metamorphoses," a source of inspiration to artists and poets including Chaucer and Shakespeare; the "Fasti," a poetic treatment of the Roman year of which Ovid finished only half; the "Amores," love poems; the "Ars Amatoria," not moral but clever and in parts beautiful; "Heroides," fictitious love letters by legendary women to absent husbands; and the dismal works written in exile: the "Tristia," appeals to persons including his wife and also the emperor; and similar "Epistulae ex Ponto." Poetry came naturally to Ovid, who at his best is lively, graphic and lucid.
The Loeb Classical Library edition of Ovid is in six volumes.
Imprint | LOEB |
Country of origin | United States |
Series | Loeb Classical Library |
Release date | 1929 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days |
First published | 1929 |
Authors | Ovid |
Translators | J.H. Mozley |
Revised by | G.P. Goold |
Dimensions | 162 x 108 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Hardcover |
Pages | 400 |
Edition | 2nd edition |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-674-99255-9 |
Barcode | 9780674992559 |
Languages | value |
Subtitles | value |
Categories | |
LSN | 0-674-99255-5 |