Ovid's Metamorphoses: The Arthur Golding Translation, 1567
- ISBN-10
- 0966491319
- ISBN-13
- 9780966491319
- Series
- Ovid's Metamorphoses
- Category
- Poetry
- Pages
- 460
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1965
- Publisher
- Paul Dry Books
- Authors
- Jonathan Bate, Ovid
Description
"The most beautiful book in the English language." -- Ezra Pound
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