{"product_id":"tales-from-ovid-by-ted-hughes","title":"'Tales from Ovid' by Ted Hughes","description":"\u003ch4 data-start=\"51\" data-end=\"436\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eTed Hughes' \u003cem data-start=\"63\" data-end=\"80\"\u003eTales from Ovid\u003c\/em\u003e is one of the great modern reinventions of a classical text.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"51\" data-end=\"436\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eRather than a literal translation of Ovid's \u003cem data-start=\"196\" data-end=\"211\"\u003eMetamorphoses\u003c\/em\u003e, Hughes transforms twenty-four of its most powerful myths into muscular, contemporary English verse, preserving the original's violence, sensuality and elemental force while giving it an unmistakably twentieth-century voice.\u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"438\" data-end=\"896\"\u003eMoving from the creation myth through stories including Phaethon, Echo and Narcissus, Actaeon, Pygmalion and Midas, Hughes reveals why Ovid has remained such a foundational writer for two millennia. This is a book equally at home beside epic poetry and modern literature, prized by classicists, poets and readers interested in myth as an enduring language for power, desire, punishment and transformation. Widely regarded as one of Hughes' finest late works.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"923\" data-end=\"1033\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1997 Faber \u0026amp; Faber paperback. Early printing. Clean, bright copy with tight binding and only light shelf wear.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45804137087059,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/Yourparagraphtext-2026-07-10T140350.689.png?v=1783656251","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/tales-from-ovid-by-ted-hughes","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}