by Ovide, Annie Collognat · Livre de Poche Jeunesse (Le) · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782013224758
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This book presents a selection of twenty-five of the most representative stories from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses', adapted for a young audience. Through fascinating tales of the creation of the world, heroes, and mythical transformations, the book offers an accessible gateway to classical mythology, including excerpts of the original Latin text alongside their French translation. It is an excellent tool for young readers interested in classical literature, combining academic rigor with an engaging and modern narrative.
Publius Ovidius Naso, known in English as Ovid, was a Roman poet who lived during the reign of Augustus. He was a younger contemporary of Virgil and Horace, with whom he is often ranked as one of the three canonical poets of Latin literature. The Imperial scholar Quintilian considered him the last of the Latin love elegists. Although Ovid enjoyed enormous popularity during his lifetime, the emperor Augustus exiled him to Tomis, the capital of the newly organised province of Moesia, on the Black Sea, where he remained for the last nine or ten years of his life. Ovid himself attributed his banishment to a carmen et error, but his reluctance to disclose specifics has resulted in much speculation among scholars.
