Ovid:  The Classic Text: Traditions and Interpretations


Time is the devourer of all things.  (Metamorphoses, XV, l. 234)

Ovid, 43 B.C. - 17 or 18 A.D.
Metamorphoseon Libri XV. Venice: Apud Nicolaum Moretum, 1586.
Item in Process (AND3269)
Gift of J. Max Patrick.
Special Collections, Golda Meir Library

This edition of Ovid's Metamorphases takes advantage of a popular textual format for printing texts with commentary. Each page includes Ovid's text centered on the page in italics, with commentary surrounding it on four sides. This edition includes Greek passages as well as woodcuts throughout the volume for illustration.

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Ovid Text


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