Via new window links at the start of each book, you may now browse klines rendering alongside ehwalds latin edition ca. The second book is nearly 600 lines long, a single pleading elegy written in the poets own defense, addressed to emperor augustus. This commentary provides guidance to advanced undergraduate and graduate students for understanding ovid s language, style, artistry, and allusive techniques. Home collectionstexts perseus catalog research grants open source about help. Comprising 11,995 lines, 15 books and over 250 myths, the poem chronicles the history of the world from its creation to the deification of julius caesar within a loose mythicohistorical framework.
Sara myerss commentary is a notable addition to the wellknown series of green andyellow volumes, and is surpassed by none in its penetrating and thorough. Ovid metamorphoses commentary and influence larry avis brown. The introduction discusses the major structures, themes, and stylistic features of book xiv, its place within the poem as a whole, and ovid s interpretive imitation of virgils aeneid. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of metamorphoses and what it means. I am about to start covering ovid s metamorphoses in my advanced placement latin classes and i am looking for a good commentary on books 1115. The setting for this episode is the greek city of thebes, founded by cadmus 514 n. In book xiv, ovid continues to veer away from virgils version of the aeneid. Comprising fifteen books and over 250 myths, the poem chronicles the history of the world from its creation to the deification of julius caesar within a loose mythicohistorical framework. Ovid, metamorphoses 15 theoi classical texts library. Though our site now extends to a wide range of metamorphoses editions and interpretations in more than one language and in more than one medium from lactantius, berchorius, and caxton to sandys, garth, banier and beyond, the old centerpiece of this part of the site is a remarkable illustrated recasting of ovid from 1563, text by johann or johannes spreng 15241601, now. A textual commentary textual linebyline commentary of book xiii of ovid s metamorphoses find, read and cite all the research you need. Andersons commentaries for books 15 and 610 are great tools guide you through the text as they provide much need context to some of the more obscure references and grammatical help. Complete books of the metamorphoses tend to lack modern commentaries, which makes this edition a necessary addition to the library of.
The reception of ovid s metamorphoses in image andtext. Cadmus is by now an old man, and has abdicated the throne of his city. Hide browse bar your current position in the text is marked in blue. This edition of the first book of the collection contains the complete latin text of book 1, along with commentary, notes, full. Latin text with introduction, commentary, glossary of terms, vocabulary aid and study questions en ligne. Click anywhere in the line to jump to another position. Its significant that ovid closes the book with a commentary on death, a topic that gods and mortals alike have found so alluring and mystifying, and he reassures them that change and innovation or creativity, the introduction of new forms are the only constants in life. I like to call this style a tapestry of epileons, but wouldnt consider that a real classification. Ovid, metamorphoses 14 theoi classical texts library. Metamorphoses book xiv cambridge greek and latin classics. Homers version of the tale of mars and venus that ovid tells in meta. The aeneid of virgil, 1972 national book award, 1973, 1981 selected poems of giuseppe ungaretti inferno of dante, 1980 purgatorio of dante, 1982 paradiso of dante, 1984 ovid in sicily, 1986 ungaretti and palinurus, 1989 the odyssey of homer, 1990 san diego new york london the metamorphoses of ovid a new verse translation by allen mandelbaum.
The legend of vertumnus and pomona has been one of the most popular of all roman myths with poets, artists, and composers. Perfect for acing essays, tests, and quizzes, as well as for writing lesson plans. This volume presents the latin text, with an introduction and full commentary, of book xiii of the roman poet ovid s long work metamorphoses. We might expect ovid to make something of the relationship. A singletake of the opening book of ovid d creation epic. From there, the trojans made their way to cumae where the sibyl led aeneas to. Ovid was one of the most popular latin poets in his time. Cambridge greek and latin classics cambridge university press. Participants included faculty and students from american.
The amores is a collection of romantic poems centered on the poets own complicated love life. They had visited phineus, king of thracian salmydessus, living out a useless old age in perpetual blindness, and the winged sons of boreas had driven the birdlike harpies from the presence of the. This commentary on ovids metamorphoses is directed at latin students at the advanced undergraduate and early graduate level, but it also has a lot to offer to scholars and other people who are able to read and enjoy ovids original latin. Book 1 book 2 book 3 book 4 book 5 book 6 book 7 book 8 book 9 book 10 book 11 book 12 book book 14 book 15 card. After that the alban and latin kingdom had both names under ascanius. Metamorphoses book 15, translated by brookes more myscelus builds the city of crotona 1 while this was happening, they began to seek for one who could endure the weight of such a task and could succeed a king so great. Commentary on ovids metamorphoses 1115 textkit greek. Her signature move was transforming people into animals. The national endowment for the humanities provided support for entering this text. All paper used by open book publishers is sfi sustainable forestry. The metamorphoses is a latin narrative poem by the roman poet ovid, considered his magnum opus. Latin text with introduction, commentary, glossary of terms, vocabulary aid and study questions.
Designed to stretch and stimulate readers, gildenhard and zissoss incisive commentary will be of particular interest to students of latin at as and undergraduate level. The metamorphoses is ovids longest extant work, a continuous epic poem in fifteen. Garth paraphrase are crosslinked so that users may browse or search both texts together. The vulgate commentary on ovids metamorphoses, book 1. The tristia was written between 9 and 12 ce and is made up of five books, totaling over 3000 lines of elegiac couplets. Mercury entered cecrops palace and aglauros, the faithless sister who had broken her vow to athene, questioned his. While mercury was flying over athens after hiding apollos herd, he saw a beautiful girl taking part in the festival of pallas athene. Ovid was a major inspiration for dante, chaucer, shakespeare. This volume provides the latin text of the first five books of the poem and the most detailed commentary available in english for these books. The first book of ovids metamorphoses contains an interesting variety of material. Propertius makes vertumnus the speaker in one poem 4. Books of transformations is a latin narrative poem by the roman poet ovid, considered his magnum opus. But ovid covers it in four lines, and he does not even mention dido by name.
Book i latin text with klines prose sandys translation and commentary sprengs verses in latin and english bk i notes links distribution of the elements 1557 1563 1582 1591. This course book offers a wideranging introduction, the original latin text, study aids with vocabulary, and an extensive commentary. Book 14 begins in flashback mode, carried over from the last book. The original title of ovid s book was metamorphoseon libri xv, or fifteen books of metamorphoses. It discusses in detail ovid s treatment of his sources and sets out the ways in which he adapted earlier literature as. This commentary is designed for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, but will also interest scholars of latin literature. Ovidi nasonis metamorphoseon liber qvartvs decimvs iamque giganteis iniectam faucibus aetnen arvaque cyclopum, quid rastra, quid usus aratri.
Most noticeably, he does not develop aeneass love affair with dido. Circe, odysseus, telegonus, penelope, telemachus for mario having murdered her husband, the prince of colchis, she was expelled by her subjects and placed by her father on the solitar. Based on its influence, european literature and art would be poorer for the loss of the metamorphoses than for the loss of homer hadas. Sara myerss commentary is a notable addition to the wellknown series of greenandyellow volumes, and is surpassed by none in its penetrating and thorough. The pilgrimage of aeneas continued aeneas and his men sailed past scylla and charybdis and on to libya where dido killed herself when aeneas left her. Guy lees edition, first published by cup in 1952, supplies a detailed commentary of explanatory notes with useful index and, separately, a number of critical notes on the readings adopted by his text. In his introduction to the one of the most influential and popular works in all literature, ovid s metamorphoses is a weavingtogether of classical myths, extending in time from the creation of the.
Andersons text and commentary for the 1st 10 books, but for whatever reason, he did not continue on to the conclusion of the poem. The latin text used in this book comes from the oxford classical text series, but the. Ebook pdf this intermediate latin textbook, available in a print edition or as a free ebook, covers the pentheus episode of ovid s metamorphoses 3. Buy this book in print project muse mission project muse promotes the creation and dissemination of essential humanities and social science resources through collaboration with libraries, publishers, and scholars worldwide.