Customer Reviews
Melville's translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses - By: El Loro, 07 Aug 2002 
If you are brave enough or mug enough to go for the Dryden translation of Ovid, good luck to you. For the academically lazier or more experienced, the OUP translation by Melville is a real treat. A light touch, playfulin places, enjoyable throughout - I am not a classicist or a great fan of poetry but I found I couldn't put it down.
hmm... - By: , 12 Nov 2001 
Metamorphososes is on my reading list for a University module. I was really disappionted with this edition as although it is an ancient text, I expected a modern translation, which I didn't get. I spent more time trying to decipher the language than absorbing the story!
More enjoyable than you would expect - By: , 17 Oct 2001 
This is an enjoyable translation of some of Ovid's finest work. Infinitely easier than going through the Latin yourself this is a fascinating read for anyone. With classics such as the story of Orpheus & Eurydice it is a must have for those interestedin the ancient myths.
One of the most interesting and rivetting books I have read - By: lianna@exorcist.co.uk, 29 Aug 2001 This book has a collection of short latin stories, all about the metamorphing 'sinners'in the Roman times. Each sotry are also explanations to why we act or animals act a certain way & how some species became created. For example there is the atroy of Arachne whihc was about a girl who dared to challenge the god of weaving & beat herin a tapestry competitionin whihc she got truned into a spider.
The stories are so grabbing to the reader as you have to read the wqhole book straight away as it is so compelling. It is also an interesting insight to may of the beliefs of the romans which believedin Apollo & all the related gods.
The stories involve thoguh many disturbing topicsin whihc hare really only meant for adults, it includes, sex drugs, rape, incest & extreme violence, & bertrayl, whihc include a woman getting her tongue chopped off & killing & cooking her son.
It is a very good sel;ection of tales whihc could inspire anyone to write a piece on it, but don't read it if you are easily offended
Great translation - By: , 08 Apr 1999 This is a very readable translation of the complete stories of Roman mythology as assembled by Ovid. My favorite is the Romeo & Juliet-esque story of Pyramus & Thisbe.
