Translated from Latin into English blank verse, this classic Roman text
gives an account of a series of fabulous episodes from creation through
to Ovid's contemporary times, wherein changes in material forms have
come to shape the world. The descriptive detail in this poem is
graphic: battle scenes, brawls, grisly injuries and dismemberment, rape,
incest, lycanthropy, abuse of power, the enduring power of love and
fidelity, the beauty of nature, the inexorability of fate, are all there
as a matrix and rationale for the endless parade of physical
transformations. Said to be a major influence on Shakespeare.
(Summary by Peter Tucker)
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