Selections from Ovid - Metamorphoses and The Art of Love: Read in Latin by John F.C. Richards

John F.C. Richards

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The Roman poet Ovid (43 BC – 17/18 AD), who lived during the reign of Augustus, is considered to be one of the principal poets of Latin literature along with his contemporaries Virgil and Horace. His greatest work, “Metaorphoses,” is based on Greco-Roman mythology and is written in dactylic hexameter. It comprises almost 12,000 verses in 15 books. In this recording, Professor John F.C. Richards reads, in Latin, the stories of Daphne and Apollo from Book I and Narcissus and Echo from Book III. He concludes his reading with selections from “The Art of Love.” The Latin and English texts of the poems are in the liner notes.

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101	Metamorphoses: Book I - Daphne and Apollo	John F.C. Richards	14:44
102	Metamorphoses: Book III - Narcissus and Echo	John F.C. Richards	9:49
201	Metamorphoses: Book III - Narcissus and Echo (Continued)	John F.C. Richards	8:33
202	The Art of Love: I, Lines 35-60	John F.C. Richards	3:16
203	The Art of Love:: I, Lines 89-102	John F.C. Richards	1:39
204	The Art of Love: I, Lines 131-162	John F.C. Richards	3:46
205	The Art of Love: II, Lines 107-122	John F.C. Richards	2:02
206	The Art of Love: II, Lines 143-152	John F.C. Richards	1:13
207	The Art of Love: II, Lines 223-234	John F.C. Richards	1:29
208	The Art of Love: II, Lines 295-300	John F.C. Richards	0:48
209	The Art of Love:: III, Lines 329-346	John F.C. Richards	2:13

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