Selections from the Poems of Ovid, Chiefly the MetamorphosesGinn and Heath, 1877 |
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... book is however made up , necessarily , from the Metamorphoses , of which we have taken about a third . By help of the Argument , which is given in full , we aim not merely to show the connection of the tales and the ingenuity of the ...
... book is however made up , necessarily , from the Metamorphoses , of which we have taken about a third . By help of the Argument , which is given in full , we aim not merely to show the connection of the tales and the ingenuity of the ...
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... books of letters written in exile ( Ex Ponto Libri iv . ) . As a poet , his fame is far below that of Virgil and Horace , - deservedly , since his loose and easy verse bears no comparison with the elaborate finish of theirs . For fancy ...
... books of letters written in exile ( Ex Ponto Libri iv . ) . As a poet , his fame is far below that of Virgil and Horace , - deservedly , since his loose and easy verse bears no comparison with the elaborate finish of theirs . For fancy ...
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... books ; miscellaneous , but chiefly amatory or personal in their topics . 3. ARS AMATORIA : three books , on the means of winning and retaining the affections of a mistress ; and 4. REMEDIUM AMORIS : a poem prescribing the means by ...
... books ; miscellaneous , but chiefly amatory or personal in their topics . 3. ARS AMATORIA : three books , on the means of winning and retaining the affections of a mistress ; and 4. REMEDIUM AMORIS : a poem prescribing the means by ...
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... Book I. ) . It professes simply to tell those stories which have in them this element of the marvellous , the transformations , particularly , of men into plants or animals . But as nearly all myths introduce some such feature , first ...
... Book I. ) . It professes simply to tell those stories which have in them this element of the marvellous , the transformations , particularly , of men into plants or animals . But as nearly all myths introduce some such feature , first ...
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Ovid. METAMORPHOSES . I. THE CREATION AND THE FLOOD . [ Book I. — 1-415 . ] PROEM ( 1-4 ) . Description of Chaos ( 5-20 ) . The Creator assigns the elements to their places , and divides the land from the waters : the zones and climates ...
Ovid. METAMORPHOSES . I. THE CREATION AND THE FLOOD . [ Book I. — 1-415 . ] PROEM ( 1-4 ) . Description of Chaos ( 5-20 ) . The Creator assigns the elements to their places , and divides the land from the waters : the zones and climates ...
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