What are your thoughts on the Metamorphoses, /lit/? I just finished.

I found it very funny and very charming, quite different to Homer and Virgil. There's a well-rounded humanity in the Metamorphoses that's you don't get in those two. It's also the most influential work in the history of western literature (literally *ALL* of the Greco-Roman mythology referenced from Medieval times on was taken from Ovid).

What were your favourite stories? Some of mine were Io, Procne and Philomela and the Centauromachy. The latter is one of the funniest things I've ever read.

dude im a cockroche lmao!

>>8082574
I definitely agree re charming. I think believe it's commonly held that Bill loved Ovid and uses the Metamorphoses for most myths, which is pretty obvious between Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night's Dream.

I particularly like Pyramus and Thisbe, everything Orpheus , and Ulysseus and Ajax's speeches for Achille's arms.

Why did you like the Centauromachy? I didn't really appreciate it. Maybe it wasn't a great translation.

One of the undisputable 10/10s

Best translation?

>>8082606
Also wondering

>>8082606
>>8082684
OP, I read pic related and it was fine. I just got it at my college bookstore

>>8082551
i am halfway through metamorphoses right now (book 7) and dammit- dubliners is on my to read list also...

metamorphoses is something i plan to read over again in the future.. it is the essential archetype for all other stories.
romeo and juliet got their idea off pyramus and thisbe.
i have the mary innes translation and just finished reading about how king tereus cut off philomela's tongue and then throat fucked her for real. but her and her sister got him back

>>8082551
thanks for keeping me updated on what you plan to read

>>8082598
>Why did you like the Centauromachy? I didn't really appreciate it. Maybe it wasn't a great translation.

It and the wedding of Perseus are parodies of the battle scenes in Virgil's Aeneid. Everyone is tripping over each other and missing and fighting with sticks. Beyond hilarious.

>>8082551
It's an annoyingly aimless series of decent stories.