The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV by Ovid
"The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV" by Ovid is a Latin narrative poem written in 8 CE. This second half of Ovid's magnum opus continues his chronicle of transformation myths within a sweeping mythico-historical framework. Through over 250 interconnected tales told in dactylic hexameter, the poem defies simple classification, blending epic grandeur with playful subversion. Love—both divine and mortal—remains the driving force, as gods are humiliated by passion and humans elevated through
their transformations, creating an inverted cosmos where desire confounds reason and permanence dissolves into endless change. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Read or download for free
| How to read | Url | Size | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Read now! | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26073.html.images | 956 kB | |||
| EPUB3 (E-readers incl. Send-to-Kindle) | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26073.epub3.images | 453 kB | |||
| EPUB (older E-readers) | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26073.epub.images | 463 kB | |||
| EPUB (no images, older E-readers) | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26073.epub.noimages | 439 kB | |||
| Kindle | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26073.kf8.images | 820 kB | |||
| older Kindles | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26073.kindle.images | 735 kB | |||
| Plain Text UTF-8 | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26073.txt.utf-8 | 834 kB | |||
| Download HTML (zip) | https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26073/pg26073-h.zip | 434 kB | |||
| There may be more files related to this item. | |||||
Similar Books
About this eBook
| Author | Ovid, 44 BCE-18? |
|---|---|
| Translator | Riley, Henry T. (Henry Thomas), 1816-1878 |
| Title | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metamorphoses |
| Credits | Louise Hope, Ted Garvin and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 72.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PA: Language and Literatures: Classical Languages and Literature |
| Subject | Classical literature |
| Subject | Latin poetry -- Translations into English |
| Subject | Fables, Latin -- Translations into English |
| Subject | Metamorphosis -- Mythology -- Poetry |
| Subject | Mythology, Classical -- Poetry |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 26073 |
| Release Date | Jul 16, 2008 |
| Most Recently Updated | Oct 28, 2023 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1991 downloads in the last 30 days. |
| Project Gutenberg eBooks are always free! | |