French language
Published Nov. 5, 1637 by Pierre Billaine.
Les metamorphoses d'Ovide
traduites en prose françois et de nouveau soigneusement reveuës, corrigées en infinis endroits, et enrichies de figures à chacune fable : avec XV discours contenans l'explication morale et historique de plus outre le jugement de Paris, augmentée de la Metamorphoses des Abelles, traduite de Virgile de quelques epistres d'Ovide et divers traitez.
by Ovid
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The Metamorphoses is a narrative poem penned by the Roman poet Ovid. Widely considered to be his ultimate work, comprising fifteen books and over 250 myths. The poem portrays a history of the world from creation up to the deification of Julius Caesar. Metamorphoses is viewed as one of the most influential works in Western culture, inspiring authors such as Dante, Shakespeare, Chaucer, and Boccaccio. It has also inspired countless works of art from various artists throughout the centuries.
Subjects
- Virgil
- Ariosto, Ludovico, -- 1474-1533