Informationen zum Autor Poet and critic Rolfe Humphries (1894-1969) also translated Virgil's Aeneid, Lucretius's On the Nature of Things, Ovid's Art of Love, and Juvenal's Satires. Joseph D. Reed is Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature at Brown University. He is the author of Virgil's Gaze: Nation and Poetry in the Aeneid. Klappentext Poet and critic Rolfe Humphries (1894 1969) also translated Virgil's Aeneid, Lucretius's On the Nature of Things, Ovid's Art of Love, and Juvenal's Satires. Joseph D. Reed is Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature at Brown University. He is the author of Virgil's Gaze: Nation and Poetry in the Aeneid. Zusammenfassung Now available for the first time in an annotated edition, Rolfe Humphriess legendary translation captures the spirit of Ovid's swift and conversational language, bringing the wit and sophistication of the Roman poet to modern readers. These are some of the most famous Roman myths as youve never read them before-sensuous, dangerously witty, audacious. Inhaltsverzeichnis INTRODUCTION BOOK ONE The Creation The Four Ages Jove's Intervention The Story of Lycaon The Flood Deucalion and Pyrrha Apollo and Daphne Jove and Io BOOK TWO The Story of Phaethon Jove in Arcady The Story of the Raven The Story of Ocyrhoe Mercury and Battus Mercury, Herse, and Aglauros The House of the Goddess Envy Europa BOOK THREE The Story of Cadmus The Story of Actaeon The Story of Semele The Story of Tiresias The Story of Echo and Narcissus The Story of Pentheus and Bacchus BOOK FOUR The Story of Pyramus and Thisbe The Story of Mars and Venus The Sun-god and Leucothoe The Story of Salmacis The End of the Daughters of Minyas The Story of Athamas and Ino The End of Cadmus The Story of Perseus BOOK FIVE The Fighting of Perseus Minerva Visits the Muses BOOK SIX The Story of Niobe The Story of Tereus, Procne, and Philomela BOOK SEVEN The Story of Jason and Medea War Between Crete and Athens The Story of Cephalus and Procris BOOK EIGHT The Story of Nisus and Scylla The Story of Daedalus and Icarus The Calydonian Boar The Brand of Meleager The Return of Theseus The Story of Baucis and Philemon The Story of Erysichthon BOOK NINE The Story of Achelous' Duel for Deianira The Story of Hercules, Nessus, and Deianira The Story of Hercules' Birth The Story of Dry ope The Story of Caunus and Byblis The Story of Iphis and Lanthe BOOK TEN The Story of Orpheus and Eurydice The Story of Cyparissus The Story of Ganymede The Story of Apollo and Hyacinthus Two Incidents of Venus Anger The Story of Pygmalion The Story of Cinyras and Myrrha The Story of Adonis Venus Tells Adonis the Story of Atalanta The Fate of Adonis BOOK ELEVEN The Death of Orpheus The Story of Midas Midas Never Learns The Building of the Walls of Troy The Story of Thetis Ceyx Tells the Story of Daedalion The Story of Peleus' Cattle The Quest of Ceyx The Story of Aesacus and Hesperia BOOK TWELVE The Invasion of Troy Nestor Tells the Story of Caeneus Story of the Battle with the Centaurs Nestor Is Asked Why He Omitted Hercules BOOK THIRTEEN The Argument between Ajax and Ulysses After the Fall The Sacrifice of Polyxena The Discovery of Polydorus The Story of Memnon The Pilgrimage of Aeneas The Story of Anius' Daughters The Pilgrimage Resumed The Story of Galatea The Song of Polyphemus The Transformation of Acis The Story of Glaucus BOOK FOURTEEN The Story of Glaucus Continued The Pilgrimage of Aeneas Resumed Achaemenides Tells His Story The Story of Picus The Pilgrimage of Aeneas Resumed T...

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Poet and critic Rolfe Humphries (1894-1969) also translated Virgil's Aeneid, Lucretius's On the Nature of Things, Ovid's Art of Love, and Juvenal's Satires.

Joseph D. Reed is Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature at Brown University. He is the author of Virgil's Gaze: Nation and Poetry in the Aeneid.

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Poet and critic Rolfe Humphries (1894 1969) also translated Virgil's Aeneid, Lucretius's On the Nature of Things, Ovid's Art of Love, and Juvenal's Satires.

Joseph D. Reed is Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature at Brown University. He is the author of Virgil's Gaze: Nation and Poetry in the Aeneid.

Zusammenfassung
Now available for the first time in an annotated edition, Rolfe Humphriess legendary translation captures the spirit of Ovid's swift and conversational language, bringing the wit and sophistication of the Roman poet to modern readers. These are some of the most famous Roman myths as youve never read them beforesensuous, dangerously witty, audacious.

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INTRODUCTION

BOOK ONE *

The Creation

The Four Ages

Jove's Intervention

The Story of Lycaon

The Flood

Deucalion and Pyrrha

Apollo and Daphne

Jove and Io *

BOOK TWO *

The Story of Phaethon

Jove in Arcady

The Story of the Raven

The Story of Ocyrhoe

Mercury and Battus

Mercury, Herse, and Aglauros

The House of the Goddess Envy

Europa *

BOOK THREE *

The Story of Cadmus

The Story of Actaeon

The Story of Semele

The Story of Tiresias

The Story of Echo and Narcissus

The Story of Pentheus and Bacchus *

BOOK FOUR *

The Story of Pyramus and Thisbe

The Story of Mars and Venus

The Sun-god and Leucothoe

The Story of Salmacis

The End of the Daughters of Minyas

The Story of Athamas and Ino

The ****End of Cadmus

The Story of Perseus *

BOOK FIVE *

The Fighting of Perseus

Minerva Visits the Muses *

BOOK SIX *

The Story of Niobe

The Story of Tereus, Procne, and Philomela *

BOOK SEVEN *

The Story of Jason and Medea

War Between Crete and Athens

The Story of Cephalus and Procris *

BOOK EIGHT *

The Story of Nisus and Scylla

The Story of Daedalus and Icarus

The Calydonian Boar

The Brand of Meleager

The Return of Theseus

The Story of Baucis and Philemon

The Story of Erysichthon *

BOOK NINE *

The Story of Achelous' Duel for Deianira

The Story of Hercules, Nessus, and Deianira

The Story of Hercules' Birth

The Story of Dry ope

The Story of Caunus and Byblis

The Story of Iphis and Lanthe *

BOOK TEN *

The Story of Orpheus and Eurydice

The Story of Cyparissus

The Story of Ganymede

The Story of Apollo and Hyacinthus

Two Incidents of Venus Anger

The Story of Pygmalion

The Story of Cinyras and Myrrha

The Story of Adonis

Venus Tells Adonis the Story of Atalanta

The Fate of Adonis *

BOOK ELEVEN *

The Death of Orpheus

The Story of Midas

Midas Never Learns

The Building of the Walls of Troy

The Story of Thetis

Ceyx Tells the Story of Daedalion

The Story of Peleus' Cattle

The Quest of Ceyx

The Story of Aesacus and Hesperia *

BOOK TWELVE *

The Invasion of Troy

Nestor Tells the Story of Caeneus

Story of the Battle with the Centaurs

Nestor Is Asked Why He Omitted Hercules *

BOOK THIRTEEN *

The Argument between Ajax and Ulysses

After the Fall

The Sacrifice of Polyxena

The Discovery of Polydorus

The Story of Memnon

The Pilgrimage of Aeneas

The Story of Anius' Daughters

The Pilgrimage Resumed

The Story of Galatea

The Song of Polyphemus

The Transformation of Acis

The Story of Glaucus *

BOOK FOURTEEN *

The Story of Glaucus Continued

The Pilgrimage of Aeneas Resumed

Achaemenides Tells His Story

The Story of Picus

The Pilgrimage of Aeneas Resumed

The Narrative of Diomedes

The Return of Venulus

The Deification of Aeneas

Legendary History of Rome

Pomona and Vertumnus

The Story of Iphis and Anaxarete

More Early Roman History *

BOOK FIFTEEN *

The Succession of Numa

The Teachings of Pythagoras

The Return of Numa

The Story of Hippolytus

The Story of Cipus

The Story of Aesculapius

The Deification of Caesar

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