{"product_id":"metamorphoses-the-new-annotated-edition","title":"Metamorphoses: The New, Annotated Edition","description":"\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDescription for Sales People\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t1. Translator Rolfe Humphries was the first modern poet to translate Metamorphoses. Consequently, his translation has been recognized for capturing the poetic rhythm and spirit of the original. In online discussions of the various translations, he often surfaces as the most readable. \n\u003cbr\u003e2. Joseph D. Reed's annotation is the exhaustively complete and represents the latest state-of-the-art scholarship on Ovid. It's been nearly a decade since the last annotated edition. He nicely provides background on the myths and probes the origins of many phrases, showing how Humphries rendered original passages in certain ways to achieve poetic effect.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eINTRODUCTION\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBOOK ONE\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Creation\u003cbr\u003eThe Four Ages\u003cbr\u003eJove's Intervention\u003cbr\u003eThe Story of Lycaon\u003cbr\u003eThe Flood\u003cbr\u003eDeucalion and Pyrrha\u003cbr\u003eApollo and Daphne\u003cbr\u003eJove and Io\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBOOK TWO\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Story of Phaethon\u003cbr\u003eJove in Arcady\u003cbr\u003eThe Story of the Raven\u003cbr\u003eThe Story of Ocyrhoe\u003cbr\u003eMercury and Battus\u003cbr\u003eMercury, Herse, and Aglauros\u003cbr\u003eThe House of the Goddess Envy\u003cbr\u003eEuropa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBOOK THREE\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Story of Cadmus\u003cbr\u003eThe Story of Actaeon\u003cbr\u003eThe Story of Semele\u003cbr\u003eThe Story of Tiresias\u003cbr\u003eThe Story of Echo and Narcissus\u003cbr\u003eThe Story of Pentheus and Bacchus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBOOK FOUR\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Story of Pyramus and Thisbe\u003cbr\u003eThe Story of Mars and Venus\u003cbr\u003eThe Sun-god and Leucothoe\u003cbr\u003eThe Story of Salmacis\u003cbr\u003eThe End of the Daughters of Minyas\u003cbr\u003eThe Story of Athamas and Ino\u003cbr\u003eThe\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eEnd of Cadmus\u003cbr\u003eThe Story of Perseus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBOOK FIVE\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Fighting of Perseus\u003cbr\u003eMinerva Visits the Muses\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBOOK SIX\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Story of Niobe\u003cbr\u003eThe Story of Tereus, Procne, and Philomela\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBOOK SEVEN\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Story of Jason and Medea\u003cbr\u003eWar Between Crete and Athens\u003cbr\u003eThe Story of Cephalus and Procris\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBOOK EIGHT\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Story of Nisus and Scylla\u003cbr\u003eThe Story of Daedalus and Icarus\u003cbr\u003eThe Calydonian Boar\u003cbr\u003eThe Brand of Meleager\u003cbr\u003eThe Return of Theseus\u003cbr\u003eThe Story of Baucis and Philemon\u003cbr\u003eThe Story of Erysichthon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBOOK NINE\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Story of Achelous' Duel for Deianira\u003cbr\u003eThe Story of Hercules, Nessus, and Deianira\u003cbr\u003eThe Story of Hercules' Birth\u003cbr\u003eThe Story of Dry ope\u003cbr\u003eThe Story of Caunus and Byblis\u003cbr\u003eThe Story of Iphis and Lanthe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBOOK TEN\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Story of Orpheus and Eurydice\u003cbr\u003eThe Story of Cyparissus\u003cbr\u003eThe Story of Ganymede\u003cbr\u003eThe Story of Apollo and Hyacinthus\u003cbr\u003eTwo Incidents of Venus Anger\u003cbr\u003eThe Story of Pygmalion\u003cbr\u003eThe Story of Cinyras and Myrrha\u003cbr\u003eThe Story of Adonis\u003cbr\u003eVenus Tells Adonis the Story of Atalanta\u003cbr\u003eThe Fate of Adonis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBOOK ELEVEN\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Death of Orpheus\u003cbr\u003eThe Story of Midas\u003cbr\u003eMidas Never Learns\u003cbr\u003eThe Building of the Walls of Troy\u003cbr\u003eThe Story of Thetis\u003cbr\u003eCeyx Tells the Story of Daedalion\u003cbr\u003eThe Story of Peleus' Cattle\u003cbr\u003eThe Quest of Ceyx\u003cbr\u003eThe Story of Aesacus and Hesperia \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBOOK TWELVE\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Invasion of Troy\u003cbr\u003eNestor Tells the Story of Caeneus\u003cbr\u003eStory of the Battle with the Centaurs\u003cbr\u003eNestor Is Asked Why He Omitted Hercules\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBOOK THIRTEEN\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Argument between Ajax and Ulysses\u003cbr\u003eAfter the Fall\u003cbr\u003eThe Sacrifice of Polyxena\u003cbr\u003eThe Discovery of Polydorus\u003cbr\u003eThe Story of Memnon\u003cbr\u003eThe Pilgrimage of Aeneas\u003cbr\u003eThe Story of Anius' Daughters\u003cbr\u003eThe Pilgrimage Resumed\u003cbr\u003eThe Story of Galatea\u003cbr\u003eThe Song of Polyphemus\u003cbr\u003eThe Transformation of Acis\u003cbr\u003eThe Story of Glaucus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBOOK FOURTEEN\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Story of Glaucus Continued\u003cbr\u003eThe Pilgrimage of Aeneas Resumed\u003cbr\u003eAchaemenides Tells His Story\u003cbr\u003eThe Story of Picus\u003cbr\u003eThe Pilgrimage of Aeneas Resumed\u003cbr\u003eThe Narrative of Diomedes\u003cbr\u003eThe Return of Venulus\u003cbr\u003eThe Deification of Aeneas\u003cbr\u003eLegendary History of Rome\u003cbr\u003ePomona and Vertumnus\u003cbr\u003eThe Story of Iphis and Anaxarete\u003cbr\u003eMore Early Roman History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBOOK FIFTEEN\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Succession of Numa\u003cbr\u003eThe Teachings of Pythagoras \u003cbr\u003eThe Return of Numa \u003cbr\u003eThe Story of Hippolytus \u003cbr\u003eThe Story of Cipus \u003cbr\u003eThe Story of Aesculapius \u003cbr\u003eThe Deification of Caesar\u003cbr\u003eThe Epilogue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCOMMENTARY by Joseph D. Reed\u003cbr\u003eEXPANDED GLOSSARY AND INDEX \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePoet and critic Rolfe Humphries (1894-1969) also translated Virgil's \u003ci\u003eAeneid\u003c\/i\u003e, Lucretius's \u003ci\u003eOn the Nature of Things\u003c\/i\u003e, Ovid's \u003ci\u003eArt of Love\u003c\/i\u003e, and Juvenal's \u003ci\u003eSatires.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJoseph D. Reed is Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature at Brown University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eVirgil's Gaze: Nation and Poetry in the Aeneid\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"One of the most captivating books ever written, a whole library of love stories, murder stories, horror stories, fairy stories, and adventure stories. . . Humphries's version. . . has the sound merits of directness, unpretentiousness and integrity. . . [His English is] swift, lucid . . . and admirably suited to its general purpose, the telling of a story.\" -\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It is very much alive, fresh, racy, and above all, vivid. . . .Humphries reproduces most successfully the speed and animation of Ovid's narrative, its modernity, its gaiety, and its tenderness.\" -\u003ci\u003eClassical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"So easy to read that one may have to think twice to realize these tales are nearly 2000 years old.\" -\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\"--\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Not too many 12,000-line translations from the '50s are still in print, let alone getting a brand new set of annotations. About those I wanna say: jam a bookmark back there and read every single note. They're the real thing, impossible to fake. . . . As for the translation as a whole, the main thing it's got going for it is clarity. I, for one, felt I was able to pay attention to the stuff like never before. . . . So I say double thumbs up to Humphries and Reed. Recommended.\"--\u003ci\u003eRHINO\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Reed's annotated edition of Ovid's realistic, moving, and influential classic can now easily be adopted for classroom use, and it will also serve the curious who wish to know more about this unparalleled, captivating array of Roman mythology. . . . Highly recommended. \"--\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"One of the most captivating books ever written, a whole library of love stories, murder stories, horror stories, fairy stories, and adventure stories. . . Humphries's version. . . has the sound merits of directness, unpretentiousness and integrity. . . [His English is] swift, lucid . . . and admirably suited to its general purpose, the telling of a story.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"So easy to read that one may have to think twice to realize these tales are nearly 2000 years old.\"--\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It is very much alive, fresh, racy, and above all, vivid. . . .Humphries reproduces most successfully the speed and animation of Ovid's narrative, its modernity, its gaiety, and its tenderness.\"--\u003ci\u003eClassical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Joseph Reed's annotation of Rolfe Humphries' translation of Ovid's \u003ci\u003eMetamorphoses \u003c\/i\u003estrikes an impressive balance between accessibility for general readers with no Latin and detailed analysis for advanced Classics students and researchers.\"--\u003ci\u003eClassical Journal Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOvid's \u003ci\u003eMetamorphoses\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the most influential works of Western literature, inspiring artists and writers from Titian to Shakespeare to Salman Rushdie. These are some of the most famous Roman myths as you've never read them before--sensuous, dangerously witty, audacious--from the fall of Troy to birth of the minotaur, and many others that only appear in the \u003ci\u003eMetamorphoses\u003c\/i\u003e. Connected together by the immutable laws of change and metamorphosis, the myths tell the story of the world from its creation up to the transformation of Julius Caesar from man into god.\u003cbr\u003eIn the ten-beat, unrhymed lines of this now-legendary and widely praised translation, Rolfe Humphries captures the spirit of Ovid's swift and conversational language, bringing the wit and sophistication of the Roman poet to modern readers.\u003cbr\u003eThis special annotated edition includes new, comprehensive commentary and notes by Joseph D. 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