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768
Published
8
Language
English

Synopsis

Explore the history of the world through the lens of transformation in Ovid's epic poem. From the very beginning of creation to the deification of Julius Caesar, this collection of over 250 myths offers a sweeping view of ancient beliefs and stories. It's a foundational work that has shaped Western literature and art for centuries.

About the author

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Ovid

Ovid, was a Roman poet who is best known as the author of the Heroides, Amores, and Ars Amatoria, three major collections of erotic poetry, the Metamorphoses a mythological hexameter poem, the Fasti, about the Roman calendar, and the Tristia and Epistulae ex Ponto, two collections of poems written in exile on the Black Sea. Ovid was also the author of several smaller pieces, the Remedia Amoris, the Medicamina Faciei Femineae, and the Ibis, a long curse-poem. He also authored a lost tragedy, M...

Characters

Julius CaesarCameo
All characters in Metamorphoses