OVID: The Metamorphoses

by Horace- Trnasl. by Gregory ‧ RELEASE DATE: N/A

Horace Gregory has this time turned his hand to a new, up to the minute, verse translation of Ovid's imperishable Metamorphoses. His rendition, as is to be expected, avoids the silly Victorian bowdlerization of recent prose and verse translations. He is writing con amore, his narrative has flow and his verse a reasonable amount of grace and verve. He is more readable for moderns than Dryden or Golding. And he fortunately does not fall into the error of over-emphasizing the sexual frankness of the original. The delight of the book is, of course, nine tenths Ovid's, that incomparable raconteur of the lives and loves of the ancient world. This has always been a delectable classic -- if not one of the most profound -- and one can say with gratitude that Mr. Gregory has done nothing to destroy or distort the charm. Recommended.

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Kirkus Reviews Issue: June 15, 1958

Categories: NONFICTION