Ovid, Metamorphoses

Am I alone in thinking this is awful? I picked it up expecting a poet of Homer or Virgil caliber, and I can barely force myself to read it. At this point I am just trying to read it to understand its influence on Shakespeare.

Pic related is the translation I have.

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I loved it tbqh famalam

it's genre fiction but for roman patricians

Which translation?

You're really saying you don't like Charles Martin

not him, but Mandelbaum's made me cry

Me too

Well this is the translation you're using. Pic is from Book V.

Get Dryden and Garth translations newbs

Holy Jesus Christ FUCK WHAT THE FUCK