The themes of envy, lust, chicanery and of course transformations of all kinds are timeless, lending themselves to limitless adaptations. Fortunately for all of us, poets, novelists, playwrights, librettists and composers of ballet have, over the centuries taken hundreds of these tales on a merry ride and adapted them to all manner of locales and time periods.
I would regard this translation as a good reference volume, covering the full range of the stories but the charm of Ovid's verse doesn't really shine through. At first reading, this particular translation (by Mary Innes) doesn't resonate with a lot of color but it seems to be scholarly and unpretentious, which is probably a good thing for my present purposes. At first reading, this particular translation (by Mary Innes) doesn't resonate with a lot of color but it seems to be scholarly and unpretentious, which is probably a good thing for my present pu I was about to dive into Michael Hofmann's "After Ovid: New Metamorphoses" but before doing so, I thought it prudent to read a complete translation of the original, since many years have passed since I read Books 6, 10, 11 and 12 and I'm no longer sure that I ever did work my way through the entire set. Special thanks to /u/analia_vu for our header images.I was about to dive into Michael Hofmann's "After Ovid: New Metamorphoses" but before doing so, I thought it prudent to read a complete translation of the original, since many years have passed since I read Books 6, 10, 11 and 12 and I'm no longer sure that I ever did work my way through the entire set. (But do this only if necessary, not simply to practice your skills.) A panelist who specializes in that literature will be able to respond to you in kind. r/AskLiteraryStudies is multilingual, so feel free to ask questions in the language of the literature in question. For more information on answer guidelines, see this post Both flaired and non-flaired users are expected to keep top-level answers in-depth, fully cited, and comprehensible.
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