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  • Written by: Ovid
  • Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
  • Length: 16 hrs and 11 mins
  • 4.1 out of 5 stars (9 ratings)

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An undeniable masterpiece of Western Civilization, The Metamorphoses is a continuous narrative that covers all the Olympian legends, seamlessly moving from one story to another in a splendid panorama of savage beauty, charm, and wit. It marked the first attempt to link all of the Homeric and pre-Homeric myths into a single work and to carry the entire chronology into the Roman pantheon. All of the gods and heroes familiar to us are represented. Such familiar legends as Hercules, Perseus and Medusa, Daedelus and Icarus, Diana and Actaeon, and many others, are breathtakingly recreated.

Ovid was probably the most popular of all the Roman poets during the Renaissance and Baroque periods, and his verse was the inspiration for countless artistic and literary masterpieces of the time. Shakespeare, Bernini, and Rubens were only a few of those who mined his work to extraordinary effect.

Ovid has left mankind a magnificent achievement, and his sparkling poetry is a tour de force of Homeric and Roman myth. As Ovid himself wrote: "As long as Rome is the eternal city, these lines shall echo from the lips of men."
©2006 Audio Connoisseur
Philosophy Customs & Traditions Classics Ancient, Classical & Medieval Literature Rome Greece
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A Tale as Old as Time

I know it's wrong to judge and criticize a piece of art or literature without taking into account the context in which it was written, and so, I will play by my own rules. Ovid's Metamorphosis is a expansive piece of poetry that details the misbehaving of all the gods and does so in a powerful way. The in and outs and gossip surrounding all the lives of Greece's myths is enthralling, detailed, and quite well written.

Charlton Griffin gives great gravitas to all the stories. If you're a classics fan, this is certainly one you won't want to miss.

That being said, oh my gods I am so happy to be finished reading this glorified rape list.

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great

Good to do menial labor and listen too. It is how they related ideas in the past: through speaking more than reading or writing.

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excellent narration

the narrator did his best as usual... but Ovid's writing style segways without warning... causing much confusion and frequent rewinding/back tracking.

I began this book as part of my Classical Greek myth self education... and it was worth it...

I'm not sure if any other narrator could have guided the listener through without much struggle

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