Ovid. Ovid Translations - David Drake. Because Ovid’s verse is relatively easy to translate (compared to Horace, say, let alone Catullus), there’s a tendency to undervalue his ability as a poet.
(This isn’t a situation limited to Roman literature, of course; some critics seem to equate opacity with literary merit.) I find Ovid a remarkably skillful craftsman. He and Tacitus are the two Latin authors who’ve taught me the most about composition and storytelling (and by the way, they have absolutely nothing in common but their ability). This past year I’ve been translating a fair amount of Ovid’s work, and for the first time I’ve done written translations. Ovid, Metamorphoses. Ovid: The Metamorphoses in a new English prose translation with hyper-linked index.
A complete English translation and Mythological index 'I change but I cannot die.' Shelley 'The Cloud' line 76.
TO BROWSE NOW click left below. Click here to DOWNLOAD. A. S. Kline, Ovid's METAMORPHOSES. Metamorphoses Book I (1) - Ovid - Mythology. Metamorphoses by Ovid. The Ovid Collection at the University of Virginia Electronic Text Center.