Metamorphoses (Classics) -

Ovid

Penguin

2004

768 páginas

1d 1h 36m

ISBN-13: 9780140447897

Ovid's sensuous and witty poetry brings together a dazzling array of mythological tales, ingeniously linked by the idea of transformation - often as a result of love or lust - where men and women find themselves magically changed into new and sometimes extraordinary beings. Beginning with the creation of the world and ending with the deification of Augustus, Ovid interweaves many of the best-known myths and legends of Ancient Greece and Rome, including Daedalus and Icarus, Pyramus and Thisbe, Pygmalion, Perseus and Andromeda, and the fall of Troy. Erudite but light-hearted, dramatic yet playful, the Metamorphoses has influenced writers and artists throughout the centuries from Shakespeare and Titian to Picasso and Ted Hughes.

This lively, accessible new translation by David Raeburn is in hexameter verse, which brilliantly captures the energy and spontaneity of the original. The edition contains an introduction discussing the life and work of Ovid as well as a preface to each book, explanatory notes and an index of people, gods and places.

Publius Ovidius Naso (43BC-18AD) was born at Sulmo (Sulmona) in central Italy. Coming from a wealthy Roman family and seemingly destined for a career in politics, he held some minor official posts before leaving public service to write, becoming the most distinguished poet of his time. His works, all published in Penguin Classics, include Amores, a collection of short love poems; Heroides, verse-letters written by mythological heroines to their lovers; Ars Amatoria, a satirical handbook on love; and Metamorphoses, his epic work on change.

Resenhas (21)

4 (Muito bom)

Ovídio, diferente de Virgílio e Homero, não focou sua obra na narração de apenas um momento. Metamorfoses é uma coletânea de mitos que formam um longo poema épico cujo tema é a tranformação.

Vários mitos são relambrados ou simplesmente expostos como Hércules, Eco, Apolo e Dafne, Aracne e Minerva no sentido de serem fundamentais para a reescrita da história romana - vale lembrar do esforço fundametal feito pelos antigos romanos para refazem sua história de forma que pudessem assumir a posição de verdadeiros herdeiros da sociedade grega.

Os versão são belos, deixando transparecer a maravilha do autor com esse processo histórico-religioso que é o formador do mito.

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