what do I need to read/be aware of before reading Metamorphoses by Ovid?

[Anonymous No.16867253]

[Anonymous No.16867277]

>>16867253
Nothing. It is its own collection of myths.

[Anonymous No.16867338]

>>16867253
Nothing.

[Anonymous No.16867345]

>>16867253
What is the best translation?

[Anonymous No.16867364]

>>16867345
Mandelbaum

[Anonymous No.16867648]

>what do I need to read/be aware of before reading x
how not to be an autistic retard. failing already

[« Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ » !!oI3er5KKetj No.16867690]

>>16867253
Hesiod and/or Graves’ Greek Myths
>>16867345
Humphries

[Anonymous No.16867708]

>>16867345
Ovid. Anything else is watered down trash.

[Anonymous No.16867723]

Ovid was a COOMER

[Anonymous No.16867748]

>>16867253
Latin

[Anonymous No.16867811]

>>16867253
Literally nothing mate
Also it's my personal opinion that this book should replace Hamilton's Mythology in the start with the greeks chart.
Metamorphoses is (in my opinion) the best complete set of myths from creation to the Roman Era that exists (but if any anons would like to offer their counter points I am ready to hear them)
Best translation is by Bernard Knox
>>16867748
Well yes, but you would have to have studied latin for at least a few years before reading something like Ovid

[Anonymous No.16867835]

>>16867690
>implying a female ever read hesiod

[Anonymous No.16867853]

>>16867345
Melville or Golding

[« Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ » !!oI3er5KKetj No.16867871]

>>16867835
I did.
It’s really short. Translation by a Richard Caldwell.
I like the descriptive “rose-armed” for some the freckled Naiads

[Anonymous No.16867918]

>>16867277
>>16867338
>>16867811
Literally nothing. Just make sure your book has footnotes to inform of which gods are which if you aren't overly familiar with greco-roman mythology

The work is both the best record of greek mythology and the most genre-defying epic poem in history. Have fun with it

[Anonymous No.16867941]

>>16867723
yeah he got exiled because Augustus was trying to make conservative values cool again and Ovid just kept pushing out "how to have sex before marriage and cuck the shit out of your neighbor"

[Anonymous No.16867942]

>>16867648
What? Context is important when approaching myth. OP has their head on straight

[Anonymous No.16868127]

>>16867942
thanks for the vindication

[Anonymous No.16868322]

>>16867253
>nunc dea linigera colitur celebrimma turba
Ancient Egyptian mythology. The ancient Greeks used them as a template for their own myths. For example the story of Io ends with her apotheosis into Isis.

[Anonymous No.16868650]

>>16867871
based butters

[Anonymous No.16868657]

>>16867364
>>16867690
>>16867853
so which one?
also which is the most accurate to the original

[Anonymous No.16868724]

>>16867253
Just dive into it man, went in completely blind and it became on of my favorite books. I like comparing some parts to Jung but that is my own personal and retarded autism

[Anonymous No.16868735]

>>16867345
ignore the above suggestions, it's Charles Martin

[Anonymous No.16869591]

>>16867253
Its beneficial to have read some Greek myths and tragedies to know how Ovid twists them, but its not strictly necessary.
>>16867277
>>16867811
>>16867918
It is however very important to be aware of that It is not, and should not, be treated as 'a bundle of myths'
Its explicitly stated at the start that it is meant as an epic. It has structure and a narrative aim, its not a random collection of myths.
Main hint i can give is that it is essentially an epic about chaos, and is very critical of all structures of order. it twists conventional myths to make Gods and rulers seem violent, corrupt and hypocritical. all the myths are drenched in irony and are meant to rhyme and resonate with myths in the same book and should not just be taken at face value.

[Anonymous No.16869634]

>>16868657
Mandelbaum is most accurate/literal
Look them up and compare lines

[Anonymous No.16870280]

>>16867871
A biological female (girl)

[Anonymous No.16870494]

Burn it.