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The Metamorphoses de Ovid

The Metamorphoses

Autor Ovid Traducere de Alexander Pope, John Dryden
en Limba Engleză Paperback

În Roma de la începutul mileniului, Ovid a creat o lume în care singura constantă este schimbarea, un spațiu mitic unde granițele dintre uman, divin și vegetal sunt fluide. Alegerea acestui cadru temporal și spiritual nu este întâmplătoare; într-o epocă a consolidării puterii imperiale, poemul devine o cronică a modului în care autoritatea modelează și, adesea, fragmentează identitatea. Observăm în această nouă ediție a The Metamorphoses, semnată de Stephanie McCarter, o schimbare de paradigmă necesară: traducerea nu mai ascunde brutalitatea sub metafore galante, ci redă cu precizie impactul puterii asupra celor vulnerabili.

Suntem de părere că forța narativă a lui Alessandro Barchiesi combinată cu sensibilitatea interpretativă a unor autori precum Lee Fratantuono se regăsește aici, dar cu un glas propriu, marcat de o onestitate tăioasă. Spre deosebire de The Love Poems, unde ironia viza jocurile seducției, sau de The Fall of Icarus, unde accentul cădea pe hybrisul uman, acest volum se concentrează pe transformare ca act de supraviețuire sau ca obiectificare finală.

Structura operei, reflectată în cuprins, ne poartă de la „Crearea Lumii” și „Potop” până la legendele tragice ale lui „Actaeon” sau „Philomela”, demonstrând o progresie de la haosul primordial la o ordine socială marcată de conflicte de gen și clasă. Este o epopee fără erou, unde protagonistul real este corpul uman aflat în pragul metamorfozei. Ritmul este alert, susținut de hexametrul dactilic adaptat unei engleze moderne care nu sacrifică rigoarea academică pentru accesibilitate, oferind o experiență de lectură ce recuperează nuanțele pierdute ale textului original latin.

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ISBN-13: 9781536995237
ISBN-10: 1536995231
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 216 x 280 x 14 mm
Greutate: 0.4 kg

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Recomandăm această ediție cititorilor care doresc să redescopere clasicii dintr-o perspectivă contemporană și neîndulcită. Câștigătoare a premiului Harold Morton Landon, traducerea lui McCarter este esențială pentru a înțelege cum au fost construite ideile despre gen și violență în cultura occidentală. Veți câștiga o viziune clară asupra mitologiei, eliberată de straturile de cenzură istorică, într-un format Penguin Classic de o calitate ireproșabilă.

Despre autor

Publius Ovidius Naso, cunoscut sub numele de Ovid, a fost unul dintre cei mai prolifici și influenți poeți ai epocii de aur a literaturaturii latine. Opera sa, care include titluri celebre precum The Love Poems (Amores) și The Metamorphoses, a explorat teme variate, de la erotism și ironie socială până la cosmogonie și mitologie. Deși a fost exilat la Tomis de către împăratul Augustus, influența sa asupra artei și literaturii europene a rămas neîntreruptă timp de două milenii, fiind considerat maestrul suprem al narațiunii în versuri și al analizei psihologice a pasiunilor umane.

Descriere scurtă

Ovid's legendary poem, comprising a total of two hundred and fifty ancient myths, is present in its entirety in this edition of The Metamorphoses.

The Metamorphoses is commonly referred to simply as an 'epic poem', when in actuality the text encompasses a variety of genres in telling stories of magnificent breadth and scale. At times adventure, at times romance, at times horrifying, and at times amusing - the poem spans the depth of human emotion and experience, expressed in the sublime and significant medium of the poetic verse.

Written in the 1st century A.D., The Metamorphoses is thus a supreme chronicle of classical legends and myths. The prevalent polytheistic faiths of the time held that many Gods created the world, with various feuds and adventures between the Godly realms and Earth ensuing for ages thereafter. By the time Ovid authored this work, there were several centuries of myths written and present, which he duly converted into verse form.

In terms of their sheer influence and scope, Ovid's Metamorphoses are scarcely rivalled in all Western literature. Inspiring countless poets from the classical, Medieval, Renaissance and later eras, the text's impact upon the writings of some of Western literature's greatest luminaries cannot be understated. The work deeply affected Shakespeare, Dante, and Chaucer, and also received many beautiful paintings depicting the various episodes within.

This edition of Ovid's masterwork contains translations to English from some of his most illustrious admirers of the 17th and 18th centuries. The Enlightenment figures in this edition include Alexander Pope, John Dryden and Samuel Garth to name but a few. Each undertook and published their respective translations of the Metamorphoses' books and passages, imbued with their unique voices and respect for the many stories told.

Notă biografică

Ovid (43BC-18AD) was born at Sulmo (Sulmona) in central Italy. Coming from a wealthy Roman family and seemingly destined for a career in politics, he held minor official posts before leaving public service to write, becoming the most distinguished poet of his time. His works, all published in Penguin Classics, include Amores, a collection of short love poems; Heroides, verse-letters written by mythological heroines to their lovers; Ars Amatoria, a satirical handbook on love; and Metamorphoses, his epic work that has inspired countless writers and artists through the ages.

David Raeburn is a lecturer in Classics at Oxford, and has also translated Sophocles' Electra and Other Plays for Penguin Classics.

Denis Feeney is Professor of Classics at Princeton.

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Ovid's Metamorphoses gains its ideal twenty-first-century herald in Stanley Lombardo's bracing translation of a wellspring of Western art and literature that is too often treated, even by poets, as a mere vehicle for the scores of myths it recasts and transmits rather than as a unified work of art with epic-scale ambitions of its own. Such misconceptions are unlikely to survive a reading of Lombardo's rendering, which vividly mirrors the brutality, sadness, comedy, irony, tenderness, and eeriness of Ovid's vast world as well as the poem’s effortless pacing. Under Lombardo's spell, neither Argus nor anyone else need fear nodding off.
The translation is accompanied by an exhilarating Introduction by W. R. Johnson that unweaves and reweaves many of the poem’s most important themes while showing how the poet achieves some of his most brilliant effects.
An analytical table of contents, a catalog of transformations, and a glossary are also included.

Recenzii

Stanley Lombardo successfully matches Ovid's human drama, imaginative brio, and irresistible momentum; and Ralph Johnson’s superb Introduction to Ovid's 'narratological paradise' is a bonus to this new and vigorous translation that should not be missed. Together, Introduction and text bring out the delightful unpredictability of Ovid's 'history of the world' down to his times.--Elaine Fantham, Giger Professor of Latin, Emerita, Princeton University

Lombardo's translation is the most readable I’ve seen. . . . Its language is modern, accessible, and unpretentious. . . . I can imagine reading all the way through this version with students. I also admire the catalog of transformations . . . and, as usual, an Introduction by Ralph Johnson is worth the price of the book.--Margaret Musgrove, University of Central Oklahoma

A superb teaching text. The translation is readable, witty, and very accessible to today’s students. The glossary is useful, and Johnson’s essay is a great introduction to Ovid.--John Makowski, Loyola University, Chicago

Cuprins

INTRODUCTION


BOOK ONE

 The Creation

 The Four Ages

 Jove's Intervention

 The Story of Lycaon

 The Flood

 Deucalion and Pyrrha

 Apollo and Daphne

 Jove and Io

BOOK TWO

 The Story of Phaethon

 Jove in Arcady

 The Story of the Raven

 The Story of Ocyrhoe

 Mercury and Battus

 Mercury, Herse, and Aglauros

 The House of the Goddess Envy

 Europa

BOOK THREE

 The Story of Cadmus

 The Story of Actaeon

 The Story of Semele

 The Story of Tiresias

 The Story of Echo and Narcissus

 The Story of Pentheus and Bacchus

BOOK FOUR

 The Story of Pyramus and Thisbe

 The Story of Mars and Venus

 The Sun-god and Leucothoe

 The Story of Salmacis

 The End of the Daughters of Minyas

 The Story of Athamas and Ino

 The End of Cadmus

 The Story of Perseus

BOOK FIVE

 The Fighting of Perseus

 Minerva Visits the Muses

BOOK SIX

 The Story of Niobe

 The Story of Tereus, Procne, and Philomela

BOOK SEVEN

 The Story of Jason and Medea

 War Between Crete and Athens

 The Story of Cephalus and Procris

BOOK EIGHT

 The Story of Nisus and Scylla

 The Story of Daedalus and Icarus

 The Calydonian Boar

 The Brand of Meleager

 The Return of Theseus

 The Story of Baucis and Philemon

 The Story of Erysichthon

BOOK NINE

 The Story of Achelous' Duel for Deianira

 The Story of Hercules, Nessus, and Deianira

 The Story of Hercules' Birth

 The Story of Dry ope

 The Story of Caunus and Byblis

 The Story of Iphis and Lanthe

BOOK TEN

 The Story of Orpheus and Eurydice

 The Story of Cyparissus

 The Story of Ganymede

 The Story of Apollo and Hyacinthus

 Two Incidents of Venus Anger

 The Story of Pygmalion

 The Story of Cinyras and Myrrha

 The Story of Adonis

 Venus Tells Adonis the Story of Atalanta

 The Fate of Adonis

BOOK ELEVEN

 The Death of Orpheus

 The Story of Midas

 Midas Never Learns

 The Building of the Walls of Troy

 The Story of Thetis

 Ceyx Tells the Story of Daedalion

 The Story of Peleus' Cattle

 The Quest of Ceyx

 The Story of Aesacus and Hesperia

BOOK TWELVE

 The Invasion of Troy

 Nestor Tells the Story of Caeneus

 Story of the Battle with the Centaurs

 Nestor Is Asked Why He Omitted Hercules

BOOK THIRTEEN

 The Argument between Ajax and Ulysses

 After the Fall

 The Sacrifice of Polyxena

 The Discovery of Polydorus

 The Story of Memnon

 The Pilgrimage of Aeneas

 The Story of Anius' Daughters

 The Pilgrimage Resumed

 The Story of Galatea

 The Song of Polyphemus

 The Transformation of Acis

 The Story of Glaucus

BOOK FOURTEEN

 The Story of Glaucus Continued

 The Pilgrimage of Aeneas Resumed

 Achaemenides Tells His Story

 The Story of Picus

 The Pilgrimage of Aeneas Resumed

 The Narrative of Diomedes

 The Return of Venulus

 The Deification of Aeneas

 Legendary History of Rome

 Pomona and Vertumnus

 The Story of Iphis and Anaxarete

 More Early Roman History

BOOK FIFTEEN

 The Succession of Numa

 The Teachings of Pythagoras

 The Return of Numa

 The Story of Hippolytus

 The Story of Cipus

 The Story of Aesculapius

 The Deification of Caesar

 The Epilogue


COMMENTARY by Joseph D. Reed

EXPANDED GLOSSARY AND INDEX