Track | Section | Reader | Length |
1 | 01 - Book 1 part 1 | Leni | 18:39 |
2 | 02 - Book 1 part 2 | ontheroad | 21:16 |
3 | 03 - Book 1 part 3 | ontheroad | 15:27 |
4 | 04 - Book 2 part 1 | mwharrington | 29:02 |
5 | 05 - Book 2 part 2 | Bellona Times | 18:49 |
6 | 06 - Book 2 part 3 | ravenotation | 21:45 |
7 | 07 - Book 3 part 1 | MorganScorpion | 16:59 |
8 | 08 - Book 3 part 2 | Leni | 20:41 |
9 | 09 - Book 3 part 3 | mwharrington | 17:30 |
10 | 10 - Book 4 part 1 | Neeru Iyer | 15:10 |
11 | 11 - Book 4 part 2 | aphrael | 17:58 |
12 | 12 - Book 4 part 3 | David Goldfarb | 24:33 |
13 | 13 - Book 5 part 1 | Jenni | 22:55 |
14 | 14 - Book 5 part 2 | David Goldfarb | 21:08 |
15 | 15 - Book 6 part 1 | Elizabeth Klett | 21:56 |
16 | 16 - Book 6 part 2 | Elizabeth Klett | 7:18 |
17 | 17 - Book 6 part 3 | Elizabeth Klett | 22:35 |
18 | 18 - Book 7 part 1 | Elizabeth Klett | 21:21 |
19 | 19 - Book 7 part 2 | Elizabeth Klett | 23:27 |
20 | 20 - Book 7 part 3 | Elizabeth Klett | 14:18 |
21 | 21 - Book 8 part 1 | MorganScorpion | 12:40 |
22 | 22 - Book 8 part 2 | Paul Huckerby | 19:37 |
23 | 23 - Book 8 part 3 | MorganScorpion | 12:34 |
24 | 24 - Book 8 part 4 | Christina Vasilevsky | 20:30 |
25 | 25 - Book 9 part 1 | Diapadion | 22:05 |
26 | 26 - Book 9 part 2 | Diapadion | 14:32 |
27 | 27 - Book 9 part 3 | Diapadion | 24:4 |
28 | 28 - Book 10 part 1 | Julie VW | 20:16 |
29 | 29 - Book 10 part 2 | Julie VW | 27:12 |
30 | 30 - Book 10 part 3 | Neeru Iyer | 13:32 |
31 | 31 - Book 11 part 1 | Diapadion | 19:54 |
32 | 31 - Book 11 part 2 | Diapadion | 10:27 |
33 | 33 - Book 11 part 3 | David Goldfarb | 26:18 |
34 | 34 - Book 12 part 1 | Michael Wolf | 13:00 |
35 | 35 - Book 12 part 2 | Michael Wolf | 29:02 |
36 | 36 - Book 13 part 1 | Denny Sayers | 14:12 |
37 | 37 - Book 13 part 2 | Denny Sayers | 26:44 |
38 | 38 - Book 13 part 3 | DrBeckaAnne | 23:34 |
39 | 39 - Book 13 part 4 | bhagerty | 17:50 |
40 | 40 - Book 14 part 1 | bhagerty | 19:48 |
41 | 41 - Book 14 part 2 | Kevin Were | 25:59 |
42 | 42 - Book 14 part 3 | Christina Vasilevsky | 18:30 |
43 | 43 - Book 15 part 1 | Zoe Dickinson | 20:27 |
44 | 44 - Book 15 part 2 | MorganScorpion | 16:48 |
45 | 45 - Book 15 part 3 | David Goldfarb | 19:54 |
Production
Book Coordinator: Leni
Meta Coordinator: Leni
Proof Listener: Ann Sterling
Artwork
Cover: Painting of Narcisse, 1728, by Francois Lemoyne
Inset: Painting of Apollo and Daphne by Piero del Pollaiolo (1443–1496);
Inset: Latin poet Ovid. August 24, 2009 Auréola
Insert: Plaque représentant le char d'Amphitrite, décor grand feu polychrome Triumph of Amphitrite, goddess of the sea, 18th century, Italian, Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille
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The Metamorphoses defies easy classification: it is a Latin narrative poem written in an epic style that sets out to chronicle no less than the entire history of the world from creation through the deification of Julius Caesar in a framework that loosely blends history and mythology. Consisting of 15 books and 11,995 lines in dactylic hexameter, it weaves over 250 myths into a tapestry of varying tones and themes, with a common thread of change and transformation and the recurring theme of love. The narrative jumps around somewhat, but the whole has been identified to fall into four divisions: The Divine Comedy (Books1-2); The Avenging Gods (Books 3-6); The Pathos of Love (Books 6-11); and Rome and the Deified Ruler (Books 12-15). The Metamorphoses is a virtual encyclopedia of mythology and served as the main source of myth for many writers and artists. Scenes from the poem are the subject of famous paintings by Titian, Brueghel, and Bernini, among others. Some consider it to be the most important influence on western literature; its material features prominently in The Canterbury Tales, the Shakespeare plays, in Milton’s Paradise Lost, and in the works of Boccaccio, Dante, and Cervantes. In spite of its enormous popularity, there is no surviving manuscript from antiquity; nothing complete was found until the 11th century. Highly popular in the Renaissance, interest declined until a number of new translations in the last half of the 20th century sparked a renewed interest.
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Item Info | |
EAN - DVD case | 0701236969856 |
EAN - CD jacket | 0682550992822 |
Media | MP3 CD |
Package | DVD box |
Author | Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) (c. 43 BC - 17AD) |
Translator | Brookes More |
Year | 8 C.E. |
Recording | |
Read by | Multiple readers |
Length | 14 hours and 43 minutes |
Type of Reading | Collaborative |
The Metamorphoses of Ovid
- Author: Ovid
- Product Code: DB-1265
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