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Ovid

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Metamorphoses

by Ovid

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Two hundred and fifty myths from the creation of the world to the deification of Julius Caesar, unified by the theme of transformation. Apollo and Daphne, Narcissus and Echo, Pygmalion, Actaeon, Orpheus and Eurydice, the Fall of Icarus — the source of more subsequent Western art than any other single text.

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Where to Start with Ovid: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Ovid — how to approach the Metamorphoses, the Roman poem that unified 250 myths around the theme of transformation and became the single most influential text on Western art and literature. A complete reading guide.

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