{"product_id":"9781841593586","title":"The Metamorphoses","description":"Author: Ovid \u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781841593586 \u003cbr\u003ePublisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK \u003cbr\u003eYear First Published: 2013 \u003cbr\u003ePages: 568 \u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 209mm x 132mm x 32mm \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescripition: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHardback gift edition of Ovid's masterpiece. The \u003ci\u003eMetamorphoses\u003c\/i\u003e still has the power to provoke and amuse, as readers will find from this masterly new verse translation by Allen Mandelbaum.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the founding texts of Western literature, the \u003ci\u003eMetamorphoses\u003c\/i\u003e is nevertheless anything but earnest or off-putting. Ovid's sequence of fifteen witty and playful poems sketches the history of the world from its creation to the poet's own time through a series of transformation myths in which gods and goddesses succumb to all-too-human passions, not least in the matter of love. Frequently translated, imitated and paraphrased.","brand":"To order - ships in 1 to 3 months","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45540464918686,"sku":"UBD-9781841593586","price":39.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781841593586.jpg?v=1749177586","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781841593586","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}