The Love Poems
Ovid
Translated by A. D. Melville
With an introduction and notes by E. J. Kenney
08 May 2008
ISBN: 9780199540334
304 pages
Paperback
196x129mm
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Price: £9.99Description
The elegant verse and subtle observation of the Amores, The Art of Love, and The Cures of Love made their author the talk of Rome. Ovid saw love as a game at which both sexes could play without getting hurt - as long as they stuck to his rules, but primarily he wrote these sparkling and often erotic poems to entertain, and after two thousand years they still give enormous pleasure.
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Ovid
Translated by A. D. MelvilleWith an introduction and notes by E. J. Kenney, Emeritus Kennedy Professor of Latin and Fellow, Peterhouse, Cambridge
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'Melville has worked a miracle. It is difficult to imagine that there will ever be an English version so faithful to the Latin, and written in such sound and engaging verse.' The Times. -
'Melville has worked a miracle ... It is difficult to imagine that there will ever be an English version so faithful to the Latin, and written in such sound and engaging verse.' David West, The Times -
'a new, faithful yet engaging translation ... Ovid was a brilliant, innovative, elegant, witty and ironic poet, who has entertained readers for thousands of years and this new version will give pleasure to many more.' Day by Day -
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