Comments on: The Ovid Collection

The Ovid Collection

thomas j wise — Sun, 30 Nov 2003 14:46:50 -0800

The Ovid Collection Outstanding site devoted to the Metamorphoses, featuring the original Latin, five different English translations, and some foreign-language translations as well. Be sure to look at the page devoted to illustrations. Speaking of illustrations, The Ovid Project reproduces the plates from one seventeenth-century and one early eighteenth-century edition. For much more Ovid, see this German metapage.

By: Zurishaddai

Zurishaddai — Sun, 30 Nov 2003 15:09:49 -0800

This page is also quite nice: especially highly recommended are the online Illustrated Editions of Ovid, where you can view sumptuously huge scans of several 16th century (& some later) editions. Of course, Ovid was Shakespeare's favorite Roman author. For an idea of where the conversation about that has been going lately, here's a review of a recent collection of essays: Shakespeare's Ovid: The Metamorphoses in the Plays and Poems.

By: languagehat

languagehat — Sun, 30 Nov 2003 15:19:21 -0800

Absolutely fantastic. Many thanks.

By: iconomy

iconomy — Sun, 30 Nov 2003 17:59:12 -0800

I know what I'm doing tonight. Great links - thank you, thomas j wise!

By: funkbrain

funkbrain — Sun, 30 Nov 2003 18:19:15 -0800

If you've got a thing for online classical texts in their original language, check out the Perseus Digital Library.