Ovid Metamorphoses.

Ovid Metamorphoses.

For this edition of the Metamorphoses R.J. Tarrant has freshly collated the oldest fragments and manuscripts and has drawn more fully than previous editors on the twelfth-century manuscripts, the earliest extant witnesses to many potentially original readings. He has also given more scope to conject...

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Main Author: Tarrant, R. J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press, UK, 2004.
Series:Scriptorum classicorum bibliotheca Oxoniensis.
Subjects:
Mythology, Classical > Poetry.
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Summary:For this edition of the Metamorphoses R.J. Tarrant has freshly collated the oldest fragments and manuscripts and has drawn more fully than previous editors on the twelfth-century manuscripts, the earliest extant witnesses to many potentially original readings. He has also given more scope to conjecture than other recent editors, and has been readier than his predecessors to identify certain verses as interpolated. This edition will be indispensable for future study of Ovid's greatest work. - ;An Oxford Classical texts edition of Ovid's Metamorphoses has been planned for nearly a century, but e.
Physical Description:1 online resource (583 pages)
ISBN:9780191568503
0191568503
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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