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product_id: 96504240
title: "Tales from Ovid Paperback – 19 April 1999"
brand: "ted hughes"
price: "4.99 OMR"
currency: OMR
in_stock: true
reviews_count: 5
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# Tales from Ovid Paperback – 19 April 1999

**Brand:** ted hughes
**Price:** 4.99 OMR
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- **What is this?** Tales from Ovid Paperback – 19 April 1999 by ted hughes
- **How much does it cost?** 4.99 OMR with free shipping
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    A brilliant work of story telling, humour and sharp observation
  

*by R***R on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 October 2019*

I bought this book after learning that Ovid was one of the inspirations for Shakespeare's development as a writer. I was slightly apprehensive as I have read Catullus in translation and that is quite a struggle in places. However, there is no other way to describe this poetry than as the work of a genius. Each poem is essentially a prose poem concerning a Roman/Greek legend and Ted Hughes has produced a work of the highest quality in his translation. Very easy to read and just brilliant stories superbly captured. Some are well known and some are much more obscure, but all are written with witty and flowing text that is so easy to read and appreciate. Ovid clearly loved life (and especially women) and his joy and humour is evident in all of the poems. Morality tales are embedded in almost all the stories, considering they are 2000 years old they all touch the heart and soul in a way that makes Ovid feel very modern. I can understand why Shakespeare loved these poems and was inspired by them. The combination of story telling, humour and sharp observation makes every page a joy.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Real live gods
  

*by B***G on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 April 2014*

What carries me away is Ted Hughes' conjuring of a godscape that has not the slightest relevance to contemporary existance.  A work of the imagination endowed with a life that we cannot know except through a narrative created by a poet.  The economy of his línes is startling.  They are neither verse nor prose but their clarity makes this work sing.  We are in a world of wild sensuality overwhelmed by passions so far removed from our planet that we seem to be astride a comet laughing out loud at global warming, polítical correctness and contemporary relevance.  I enjoyed the ride.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Enthralling!
  

*by M***E on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 August 2019*

I am not usually a fan of Ted Hughes, yet there is something so vivid, visceral and fresh about these renditions of the ancient myths. I love the freshness of these poetic 'translations'.

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