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Prized through the ages for its splendor and its savage, sophisticated wit, <i>The Metamorphoses</i> is a masterpiece of Western culture--the first attempt to link all the Greek myths, before and after Homer, in a cohesive whole, to the Roman myths of Ovid's day. Horace Gregory, in this modern translation, turns his poetic gifts toward a deft reconstruction of Ovid's ancient themes, using contemporary idiom to bring today's reader all the ageless drama and psychological truths vividly intact. --From the book jacket

The introductions to each elegy are succinct, readable and original, and take careful account of relevant modern discussions. The commentary is full of learned detail. McKeown's Ovid retains his lightness of touch, however, and poet and commentator share an interest in the wit arising from situation and word-play.

Pocas historias despiertan emociones tan intensas como los mitos clásicos. Con su profunda belleza y su admirable lucidez, las leyendas grecolatinas nos ponen en contacto con verdades eternas y expresan a la perfección nuestras esperanzas, flaquezas y ambiciones. Cuesta olvidar fábulas tan impresionantes como la de Aracne, la tejedora que se creyó mejor que los dioses, o la de Narciso, el adolescente que labró su desgracia por quererse demasiado a sí mismo, o la de Tiresias, que fue hombre y mujer en una misma vida, o la de Orfeo, que viajó a los infiernos porque pensaba que el amor puede más que la muerte. Todas esas leyendas, y muchas otras, fueron narradas por Ovidio en las Metamorfosis, un libro que maravilló a los romanos de la antigüedad y que ha dejado una huella imborrable en la cultura de Occidente. Con sus ironías y sus tragedias, sus ninfas esquivas y sus reyes atroces, sus amores locos y sus asombros sin fin, las Metamorfosis se nos aparecen como un sobrecogedor retablo de la vida humana que refleja muy bien lo que somos: juguetes del destino enfrentados a un mundo cambiante, frágiles criaturas esclavizadas por la pasión, seres que buscan la felicidad en un camino flanqueado de sombras.

This collection of Ovid's poems deals with the whole spectrum of sexual desire, ranging from deeply emotional declarations of eternal devotion to flippant arguments for promiscuity. In the Amores, Ovid addresses himself in a series of elegies to Corinna, his beautiful, elusive mistress. The intimate and vulnerable nature of the poet revealed in these early poems vanishes in the notorious Art of Love, in which he provides a knowing and witty guide to sexual conquest - a work whose alleged obscenity led to Ovid's banishment from Rome in AD 8. This volume also includes the "Cures for Love," with instructions on how to terminate a love affair, and "On Facial Treatment for Ladies," an incomplete poem on the art of cosmetics. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

La creation du monde et la naissance de l'homme, l'age d'or, le deluge, l'orgueil d'Arachne, Echo et Narcisse, Dedale et Icare, Orphee et Eurydice, Apollon et Daphne. Des recits mythiques et poetiques qui fascinent l'homme en quete des ses origines. Cette edition originale propose de decouvrir vingt-cinq histoires de metamorphoses parmi les plus representatives de l'oeuvre d'Ovide.

Seduction: a subtle art, a rite celebrated during the Renaissance with courts of love, but already sung by Ovid. With the woman free in her senses and feelings, how to conquer her? Where to cast one's nets? Compliments, promises, tears, kisses, boldness... All weapons are valid. Once the beloved is seduced, how to keep her? At the end of a game where the prize is pleasure, the refined lover has more than one string to his bow... As for the woman, it is up to her to maintain her eternal femininity, which is not the easiest task... Beyond artifice, art must govern love. An art in which Ovid is a master.

The modern, unacademic idiom of A.D. Melville's translation opens the way to a fresh understanding of Ovid's unique and elusive vision of reality.

El amor es arte o es oficio en la escuela propia de la vida; a veces uno es maestro y alumno al mismo tiempo, y a veces le gusta a uno recrearse en las páginas clásicas del mor y del "Arte de amar". Ovidio fue el primer pedagogo con pluma ágil, desenvuelta, alegre y denfadada; Ovidio opina que el amar es un arte, y Ovidio sabía mucho del "arte de amar".