Epic poem · 1567

Metamorphoses (Golding)

by Ovid

Translated by Arthur Golding (1567)

Ovid’s vast narrative poem in fifteen books, retold in Arthur Golding’s rollicking English fourteeners of 1567. This is the translation Shakespeare knew.

Contents · 15 parts

• Book Iabout 950 lines
• Book IIabout 1100 lines
• Book IIIabout 920 lines
• Book IVabout 980 lines
• Book Vabout 830 lines
• Book VIabout 910 lines
• Book VIIabout 1130 lines
• Book VIIIabout 1100 lines
• Book IXabout 940 lines
• Book Xabout 830 lines
• Book XIabout 920 lines
• Book XIIabout 700 lines
• Book XIIIabout 1130 lines
• Book XIVabout 980 lines
• Book XVabout 1000 lines

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