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do you guys like Ovid? I like Ovid. These are basically short stories written poetically. I favor AD Melville's translation in the Oxford World Classics edition. its a good translation and it comes with notes, plus its easy to find used online.

>> No.10848274

>>10848211
Ovid's great. Though I'd advise people to start with the Love Poems (Amores, Ars Amatoria, Remedia) because you could easily go through the Metamorphoses without realizing what a cheeky fucker he's being at all times, and in the Love Poems it's a bit more obvious.

>> No.10848282

>>10848274
Also William S. Anderson has fantastic notes for the first 10 books (went senile before finishing it).

>> No.10848507

...and then I turned into a bug.

>> No.10848516

>translation
Pleb

>> No.10848524

>>10848211
I read Mendelbaum's translation recently. Pretty fire bars throughout. Honestly some of it was very disturbing or just straight up heart breaking but I guess thats how some great literature be.

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>> No.10848566

>>10848211
Boccaccio is a thousand times more entertaining, but his stories don't carry the same referential clout

>> No.10848577

>>10848556
I scrapped this together just now btw, I'm OP
thoughts? first time making a chart like this

>> No.10848595

>>10848566
The Decameron would never have happened without Ovid you nigger. And if you don't think Ovid's funny you aren't paying attention to him.

>> No.10848642

>>10848595
nothing you said is relevant at all to what i posted

>> No.10848819

bump

>> No.10848846

>>10848211
Love Ovid. Love Mandelbaum, Martin, and Ambrose's translations.

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>>10848556
>dreadfully archaic

>> No.10849200

Metamorphoses is solid overall and has some great moments, but frankly I found the Amores and especially the Heroides way more interesting. I think if you're already familiar with most classical mythology, you'll feel that way, too.

>> No.10849210

>>10848577
I got a used copy by horace gregory, is it any good?

>> No.10849228

>>10848556
Literal retard.

>> No.10849296

>>10849228
feel free to elaborate