INTRODUCTION
BOOK ONE
The Creation
The Four Ages
Jove's Intervention
The Story of Lycaon
The Flood
Deucalion and Pyrrha
Apollo and Daphne
Jove and Io
BOOK TWO
The Story of Phaethon
Jove in Arcady
The Story of the Raven
The Story of Ocyrhoe
Mercury and Battus
Mercury, Herse, and Aglauros
The House of the Goddess Envy
Europa
BOOK THREE
The Story of Cadmus
The Story of Actaeon
The Story of Semele
The Story of Tiresias
The Story of Echo and Narcissus
The Story of Pentheus and Bacchus
BOOK FOUR
The Story of Pyramus and Thisbe
The Story of Mars and Venus
The Sun-god and Leucothoe
The Story of Salmacis
The End of the Daughters of Minyas
The Story of Athamas and Ino
The End of Cadmus
The Story of Perseus
BOOK FIVE
The Fighting of Perseus
Minerva Visits the Muses
BOOK SIX
The Story of Niobe
The Story of Tereus, Procne, and Philomela
BOOK SEVEN
The Story of Jason and Medea
War Between Crete and Athens
The Story of Cephalus and Procris
BOOK EIGHT
The Story of Nisus and Scylla
The Story of Daedalus and Icarus
The Calydonian Boar
The Brand of Meleager
The Return of Theseus
The Story of Baucis and Philemon
The Story of Erysichthon
BOOK NINE
The Story of Achelous' Duel for Deianira
The Story of Hercules, Nessus, and Deianira
The Story of Hercules' Birth
The Story of Dry ope
The Story of Caunus and Byblis
The Story of Iphis and Lanthe
BOOK TEN
The Story of Orpheus and Eurydice
The Story of Cyparissus
The Story of Ganymede
The Story of Apollo and Hyacinthus
Two Incidents of Venus Anger
The Story of Pygmalion
The Story of Cinyras and Myrrha
The Story of Adonis
Venus Tells Adonis the Story of Atalanta
The Fate of Adonis
BOOK ELEVEN
The Death of Orpheus
The Story of Midas
Midas Never Learns
The Building of the Walls of Troy
The Story of Thetis
Ceyx Tells the Story of Daedalion
The Story of Peleus' Cattle
The Quest of Ceyx
The Story of Aesacus and Hesperia
BOOK TWELVE
The Invasion of Troy
Nestor Tells the Story of Caeneus
Story of the Battle with the Centaurs
Nestor Is Asked Why He Omitted Hercules
BOOK THIRTEEN
The Argument between Ajax and Ulysses
After the Fall
The Sacrifice of Polyxena
The Discovery of Polydorus
The Story of Memnon
The Pilgrimage of Aeneas
The Story of Anius' Daughters
The Pilgrimage Resumed
The Story of Galatea
The Song of Polyphemus
The Transformation of Acis
The Story of Glaucus
BOOK FOURTEEN
The Story of Glaucus Continued
The Pilgrimage of Aeneas Resumed
Achaemenides Tells His Story
The Story of Picus
The Pilgrimage of Aeneas Resumed
The Narrative of Diomedes
The Return of Venulus
The Deification of Aeneas
Legendary History of Rome
Pomona and Vertumnus
The Story of Iphis and Anaxarete
More Early Roman History
BOOK FIFTEEN
The Succession of Numa
The Teachings of Pythagoras
The Return of Numa
The Story of Hippolytus
The Story of Cipus
The Story of Aesculapius
The Deification of Caesar
The Epilogue
COMMENTARY by Joseph D. Reed
EXPANDED GLOSSARY AND INDEX
Poet and critic Rolfe Humphries (1894–1969) also translated Virgil's Aeneid, Lucretius's On the Nature of Things, Ovid's Art of Love, and Juvenal's Satires.
Joseph D. Reed is Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature at Brown University. He is the author of Virgil's Gaze: Nation and Poetry in the Aeneid.
"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." –New York Times"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." –Classical Review"So
easy to read that one may have to think twice to realize these
tales are nearly 2000 years old." –Washington Post
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.
*RHINO*
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.
*Choice*
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.
*The New York Times*
So easy to read that one may have to think twice to realize these
tales are nearly 2000 years old.
*Washington Post*
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.
*Classical Review*
Joseph Reed's annotation of Rolfe Humphries' translation of Ovid's
Metamorphoses strikes an impressive balance between accessibility
for general readers with no Latin and detailed analysis for
advanced Classics students and researchers.
*Classical Journal Review*
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