In June, we plan to discuss a cross section of Ovid's work. In our Reading List for 2008, I promised to research good translations. I still have to check what of Ovid is in print besides Loeb Classical Library and wander down to the library to see what's out there and cull the selections and comment in a later post.
Meanwhile, if you want to look at online editions before you spend any money, there are:
- Perseus (scroll down) various translations from the 16th through early 20th centuries.
- Sacred Text (Metamorphoses 1717, Love Books 1930).
- THEOI, E-TEXTS LIBRARY
- A.S. Kline, Poetry in Translation & Mirror site (scroll down on each) contemporary. You can either read this online or download. The site is free but the author would appreciate a donation. Certainly a lot of work and thought has gone into this.
There are also Google Books, but I'm not sure how many of them are complete, i.e, beyond copyright restrictions.
Publius Ovidius Naso at Wikipedia (as usual handle with care)
Publius Ovidius Naso (43 B.C. - A.D. 17) at Ancient/Classical History
The image is from the Nuremberg Chronicle.
