Metamorphoses
by Ovid
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Greek Mythology, Most Recommended Books, and Poetry.
Ovid's deliciously witty and exuberant epic starts with the creation of the world and brings together a series of ingeniously linked Greek and Roman myths and legends in which men and women are transformed, often by love into flowers, trees, stones and stars. This new verse translation, in simple and swift English hexameters, allows Ovid's narrat...
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