Transcription of Ovid's Metamorphoses: Book One
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Ovid's Metamorphoses: Book One
Ovid's Metamorphoses: book OneA new text reader by Sin R. GuanciAbout the TextThe Latin text used in this book comes from the Oxford Classical Text Series, but the author has made changes where necessary regarding punctuation, capitalization, and MSS differences. Also, this text uses the letter 'v' where the OCT text prefers 'u,' such as, for example, in line 11, this text reads nova, instead of noua. Punctuation was changed in the following lines: 5, 7, 10-13, 40-42, 78, 80, 99, 115, 169, 192, 212, 259, 328, 330, 344-345, 352, 392, 400, 404, 411, 418-420, 436, 440, 508, 540, 548, 575, 622, 630, 638, 653-654, 701, 703, & following changes were made regarding capitalization: line 521: Opiferque, 540: Amoris, 586: manes, & 622: manuscript differences, the following lines differ from the OCT text: Line 92: legebantur was used instead of ligabanturLines 544 and 545 of the OCT text were omitted and line 544a in the OCT text is labeled 544 in this 712: tenuisse was used instead of changes include the use of pluviaque instead of pluvioque in line 66, Peneus for Peneos in line 569, Sperchius for Sperchios in line 579, and instead of in line of 2 List of
In each book, Ovid describes the ancient customs, myths, and rituals of Latium as they happen in each month of the Roman calendar. Ovid's exile did not stop him from writing poetry. The Tristia was written between 9 and 12 CE and is made up of five books, totaling over 3000 lines of elegiac couplets. The first book was written on the way to Tomi.
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