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  • Bibliography:
    20 Books
  • First Book:
    May 1995
  • Latest Book:
    July 2023
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  • The Metamorphoses of Ovid

    Through Mandelbaum’s poetic artistry, this gloriously entertaining achievement of literature-classical myths filtered through the worldly and far from reverent sensibility of the Roman poet Ovid-is revealed anew. “[An] extraordinary translation.....

  • Ovid: Love Poems

    The Roman poet Ovid (43BC-17AD) gives an ironic and parodic twist to love poetry in his highly original and entertaining explorations of sexual desire and its consequences. In his Amores (Loves, or Love Affairs) he partly celebrates, partly burlesque...

  • The Metamorphoses: Selected Stories in Verse

    This selection highlights 30 tales from classical mythology: Venus and Adonis, Pygmalion, Apollo and Daphne, Narcissus, Perseus and Andromeda, Orpheus and Eurydice, the Cyclops, and Circe, among others. F. A. Wright translation....

  • Ovid - Selected Works

    The compilers, J.C and M.J. Thornton, have used the translations of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, which they believe render more faithfully than those of any other age the even clarity of Ovid's style. The volume commences with Marlowe's f...

  • The Serpent's Teeth

    In a world of gods and monsters, nothing is as it seems.

    When a deadly serpent's teeth are sown in the ground, warriors spring from the bloody soil. Only a great man can tame them and fulfil his destiny. Far away, Medusa, snakes writh...

  • The Metamorphoses

    Perhaps one of the most influential works of mythology ever written, “The Metamorphoses” is an epic and narrative poem by Roman author Ovid. Finished in 8 A.D., this work, organized into fifteen books, combines a stunning arrangement of mythologi...

  • Fasti

    "Times and their reasons, arranged in order through the Latin year, and constellations sunk beneath the earth and risen, I shall sing."

    Ovid's poetical calendar of the Roman year is both a day-by-day account of festivals and observances and th...

  • The Metamorphoses Books I-III

    Ovid's Metamorphoses are some of the most beloved tales ever written and have lasted for centuries; at various times in history, they have been considered the peak of literature's accomplishment and they are well worth taking the time to read....

  • The Metamorphoses Books I-VII

    Ovid's Metamorphoses are some of the most beloved tales ever written and have lasted for centuries; at various times in history, they have been considered the peak of literature's accomplishment and they are well worth taking the time to read....



  • The Metamorphoses Books IV-VII

    Ovid's Metamorphoses are some of the most beloved tales ever written and have lasted for centuries; at various times in history, they have been considered the peak of literature's accomplishment and they are well worth taking the time to read....

  • Ars Amatoria or the Art of Love

    This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them....

  • The Metamorphoses Vol. I

    The Metamorphoses of Ovid are a compendium of the Mythological narratives of ancient Greece and Rome, so ingeniously framed, as to embrace a large amount of information upon almost every subject connected with the learning, traditions, manners, and c...

  • The Amores, or Amours

    Amores is Ovid's first completed book of poetry, written in elegiac couplets. It was first published in 16 BC in 5 books, but Ovid by his own account later edited it down into the 3-book edition that has come down to us. The book follows the popular ...

  • The Art of Love

    The Ars Amatoria (English: The Art of Love) is an instructional elegy series in three books by Ancient Roman poet Ovid. It was written in 2 AD. It is about teaching basic gentlemanly male and female relationship skills and techniques....

  • The Last Poems of Ovid

    Publius Ovidius Naso; 20 March 43 BC - AD 17/18), known as Ovid in the English-speaking world, was a Roman poet who lived during the reign of Augustus. He was a contemporary of Virgil and Horace. He is best known for the Metamorphoses, a 15-book cont...

  • Remedia a Moris Or, the Remedy of Love

    Publius Ovidius Naso; 20 March 43 BC - AD 17/18), known as Ovid in the English-speaking world, was a Roman poet who lived during the reign of Augustus. He was a contemporary of Virgil and Horace. He is best known for the Metamorphoses, a 15-book cont...

  • Elegiac Selections from Ovid

  • The Golden Age

    Seventeen of Ovid’s enduring stories stunningly illustrated.Known the world over, Ovid’s canonical work has spanned centuries, never losing its relevance. Retold by award-winning Austrian author Heinz Janisch with transcendent illustratio...

  • The Fable of Phaeton 43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D



  • Ovid

    Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have ende...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Ovid has published 20 books.

Ovid does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Ovid, was published in July 2023.

The first book by Ovid, The Metamorphoses of Ovid, was published in May 1995.

No. Ovid does not write books in series.
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