
The Metamorphoses
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Charlton Griffin
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Ovid
Ovid was probably the most popular of all the Roman poets during the Renaissance and Baroque periods, and his verse was the inspiration for countless artistic and literary masterpieces of the time. Shakespeare, Bernini, and Rubens were only a few of those who mined his work to extraordinary effect.
Ovid has left mankind a magnificent achievement, and his sparkling poetry is a tour de force of Homeric and Roman myth. As Ovid himself wrote: "As long as Rome is the eternal city, these lines shall echo from the lips of men."
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I was particularly irked by the "Greek myth avengers" stories where Ovid just name drops a bunch of heros into one scene (fighting a pig) and then goes on and on about what each one did. proves that Hollywood is not the only character recycling wasteland.
Really, all of the fighting described in here is a bit over detailed in ways that made it sound pulpy (his brains came out like cheese through cheese cloth) and I didn't come away understanding the gods attitudes any better at all. they are all extremely petty.
More engaging than the Bible, for sure, but I medium regret having given 17 hours to this work. Maybe I don't have the right attitude to appreciate the classics; I was expecting more story power than what is here. Which is described well but gives no strong sense of the morality behind the stories. Even despite the heavy focus on the surface the stories are Ok.
Imagine my horror to have wasted several years learning ancient Greek to get this content. On that score, 17hrs is a bargain.
Dare I continue this foolish line of inquiry with the Iliad next? probably but I'm pretty stubborn and masochistic with the western intellectual tradition.
Great rendition of questionable content
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The book is more a series of short stories that explore the psyche of people than a single piece. It can be digested in delightful tidbits over time. It's one that I probably would never have taken the time to read, but it was a magnificent listen.
Wes Craven, read it and weep!
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Terrific Narraration
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Eh. A better translation would help
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Solid
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Ovid was the Rod Serling of the ancient world.
This epic of Being in the midst of surprise, sexual violence and trapped identities speaks more to our time than political Vergil or pedantic Lucretius. Go enter this ever relevant Twilight Zone where many "know the best but do the worst' And Ovid of course was the author Shakespeare most lovingly learned and stole from!
Spirited reading of the Horace Gregory translation
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It’s good
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Excellent Myth Overview
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not a starter book but a good one anyways!
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Charlton Griffin's Metamorphoses
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