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tales from ovid
a powerful version of the latin classic by englands late poet laureate now in paperback.when it was published in 1997 tales from ovid was immediately recognized as a classic in its own right as the best rering of ovid in generations and as a major book in ted hughess oeuvre . the metamorphoses of ovid stands with the works of homer virgil dante and milton as a classic of world poetry ; hughes translated twenty four of its stories with great power and directness . the result is the liveliest twentieth century version of the classic at once a delight for the latinist and an appealing introduction to ovid for the general reader . br