Written between A.D. 2 and 8, Ovid's long poem the Metamorphoses gave
to a great number of Greek and Roman myths the form in which they are
known today. Now David Slavitt, translator of the widely acclaimed
Ovid's Poetry of Exile, has fashioned a splendid new English verse
translation of what is perhaps the best-known work of one of western
civilization's major's poets. In Slavitt's freely inventive but
emotionally accurate renderings, the voice of Ovid speaks again to a new
generation of readers.