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Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by award-winning voice actor Martin Jarvis OBE, as well as John Sackville, Maya Saroya and the translator of this edition, David Raeburn. This definitive recording includes an Introduction by Denis Feeney. Ovid's sensuous and witty...

The Metamorphoses by Publius Ovidius Naso (43 B.C. - A.D. 17) has, over the centuries, been the most popular and influential work from our classical tradition. This extraordinary collection of some 250 Greek and Roman myths and folk tales has always been a popular favorite, and has decisively shaped western art and literature from the moment it was completed in A.D. 8. The stories are particularly vivid when read by David Horovitch, in this new lively verse translation by Ian Johnston.

From his remarkable debut The Hawk in the Rain (1957) to his death in 1998, Ted Hughes was a colossal presence in the English literary landscape. He was also admired as a performer of his own work. Tales from Ovid, Ted Hughes' masterful versions of stories from Ovid's Metamorphoses, includes those of Phaeton, Actaeon, Echo and Narcissus, Procne, Midas and Pyramus and Thisbe as well as many others.

Humphries has rendered (Ovid's) love poetry with conspicuous success into English which is neither obtrusively colloquial nor awkwardly antique.

The Roman poet Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) is best known for his epic poem Metamorphoses, a collection of myths and legends from Ancient Greece and Rome. His works continue to be widely read and admired, and he is regarded as one of the most significant poets of ancient Rome. Ovid’s love poems are both brilliant and evocative. In Amores, the romantic mysteriousness of elegiac love-poetry is exploded by his witty and ironic treatment of the form. Ars Amatoria and Remedia Amoris both lay down the rules for the game of love, which both sexes can play.

Ovid's sensuous and witty poem brings together a dazzling array of mythological tales, ingeniously linked by the idea of transformation, often as a result of love or lust, in which 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.

Llewelyn Morgan explores Ovid's immense influence on later literature and art, spanning from Shakespeare to Bernini. Throughout, Ovid's poetry is revealed as enduringly scintillating, his personal story compelling, and the issues his life and poetry raise of continuing relevance and interest.

An undeniable masterpiece of Western Civilization, The Metamorphoses is a continuous narrative that covers all the Olympian legends, seamlessly moving from one story to another in a splendid panorama of savage beauty, charm, and wit. All of the gods and heroes familiar to us are represented. Such familiar legends as Hercules, Perseus and Medusa, Daedelus and Icarus, Diana and Actaeon, and many others, are breathtakingly recreated.

In this podcast, I retell the stories told long ago by Ovid, the Roman poet. The Metamorphoses is a long poem full of changes and transformations. Famous examples of myths included are Daphne and Apollo, Echo and Narcissus, and much more.

Vor etwa 2.000 Jahren starb Ovid. Wie kaum ein anderer prägte er die abendländische Kultur. In seinen "Metamorphosen" erzählt er von der Entstehung der Welt und des Menschen. In rund 250 Verwandlungssagen führt er durch die antike Mythologie bis in die Gegenwart des antiken Lesers. Es sind mythische Geschichten von Menschen oder Halbgöttern, die zu Pflanzen, Tieren und Sternbildern werden. Seine "Metamorphosen", geschrieben in Versen und in über 15 Stunden gelesen von Burgschauspieler Peter Simonischek, sind so fantasievoll wie fantastisch und regen immer wieder zu neuen Deutungen an.

In this series we listen to short stories that are NOT by perhaps the most well-known author of this type. But the many other rich talents in the volume may have treated the subject matter a little differently, or were perhaps just overlooked in the stampede to applaud the winner, but these authors are of equal merit.

How to Get Over a Breakup presents an unabashedly modern prose translation of Ovid's lighthearted and provocative work, complete with a lively introduction. Ovid's advice—which he illustrates with ingenious interpretations of classical mythology—ranges from the practical, psychologically astute, and profound to the ironic, deliberately offensive, and bizarre.

Ten contemporary reimaginings of Ovid’s iconic tales, with star-studded casts including Toby Jones, Shaun Dooley and Robert Glenister The Roman love poet Ovid has influenced writers past and present, with his witty, sexy tales inspiring authors from Shakespeare to Ezra Pound. Included here are...

Experience the vivid transformation of myth and legend in this masterful translation of Ovids classic Roman text, rendered into compelling English blank verse. From the dawn of creation to the complexities of Ovids own time, this epic poem weaves a tapestry of extraordinary tales filled with striking imagery—battles, brawls, visceral injuries, themes of power and abuse, as well as the enduring strength of love, loyalty, and the breathtaking beauty of nature. Amidst the relentless changes of form and fate, these stories reflect the timeless struggle of humanity, making Ovid a profound ...

Discover the enchanting world of Heroides, a captivating collection of poems by Ovid that features letters from iconic mythological figures to their beloveds. Renowned for its unique premise, the Heroides not only showcases the emotional depth of these characters but is also celebrated as one of the earliest examples of the epistolary genre—a claim famously asserted by Ovid in his work, Ars Amatoria. This collection contains 21 letters, divided into two distinct parts the first features fifteen heartfelt letters supposedly penned by female mythological characters to their lovers, while the ...

Der Dichter selbst verspricht: "Wir werden sicheren Liebesgenuss und erlaubte Heimlichkeiten besingen, und in meinem Gedicht wird kein Verbrechen gelehrt." Ob das 2000 Jahre alte Lehrgedicht über die Liebe heutzutage noch praktisch hilfreich ist, müssen Jüngere beurteilen. Die ältere Generation mag jedenfalls ihr ästhetisches Vergnügen daran haben. Oder wird man mich schelten, weil ich ein Frauenbild verbreiten helfe, das so gar nicht in unsere Zeit passt (und das ja auch gar nicht meines ist)?

Discover the enchanting world of Sappho, one of the few female poets from antiquity, who lived on the picturesque Aeolian islands near Turkey. Once celebrated in ancient Greece and Rome, her powerful voice resonates even today, despite the mere fragments of her work that have survived. This captivating collection not only includes translations of these beloved fragments but also features Ovids Sappho to Phaon, a fictional letter that brings to life the deep emotions of Sapphos imagined correspondence with her lover. Join us as we delve into the timeless poetry of a remarkable woman whose words...

OVIDcast by OVID Health, a global healthcare communications consultancy, explores current issues in the health and life sciences sector. In each series, we explore a new topic, speaking to prominent figures within the healthcare landscape.

"Метаморфозы" – это величайшее произведение древнеримской литературы, написанное знаменитым поэтом Овидием. Это эпическая поэма, состоящая из 15 книг, в которой автор повествует о метаморфозах-превращениях людей и богов. «Метаморфозы» являются самым популярным произведением античной классики в мире. По своему влиянию на европейское искусство «Метаморфозы» могут сравниться только с произведениями Шекспира и Библией.

Menschen entstehen aus Schlamm und Steinen, Nymphen werden zu Sträuchern, übermütige Jünglinge stürzen auf ihrem Himmelsflug ab, ein altes Ehepaar nimmt die Gestalt von Bäumen an... Die Rede ist u. a. von Pyrrha und Deucalion, Daphne und Apoll, Daedalus und Ikarus, Philemon und Baucis. Hier ist der ganze ausufernde Mythenschatz der Antike versammelt.