Metamorphoses by Ovid translated by Rolfe Humphries [TRADE PAPERBACK] 1955 • Indiana University Press

Metamorphoses by Ovid translated by Rolfe Humphries

TRADE PAPERBACK [1955] INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS

A Midland Original.  26th Printing. 

Vintage trade paperback in very good condition.

Cover shows some visible shelf wear / discoloration but is overall attractive.

Pages are white, bright unmarked and read beautifully.   Stamp to top of text block.

Prized through the ages for its splendor and its savage, sophisticated wit, The Metamorphoses is a masterpiece of Western culture--the first attempt to link all the Greek myths, before and after Homer, in a cohesive whole, to the Roman myths of Ovid's day. Horace Gregory, in this modern translation, turns his poetic gifts toward a deft reconstruction of Ovid's ancient themes, using contemporary idiom to bring today's reader all the ageless drama and psychological truths vividly intact.