Edited by FRANK J. MILLER, Ph.D. (Yale), Professor of Latin, University
of Chicago
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These selections are fairly representative, and are edited in such a way
as to illustrate the style and subject-matter of each poem, and at the
same time to show the exact relation of every part to the complete work.
¶ The book includes over 3,800 lines from the Metamorphoses, thus more
than meeting the requirements in Ovid of the College Entrance
Examination Board, and in addition the following: Selections from
Heroides, Amores, Ars Amatoria, Remedia Amoris, Fasti, Tristia, and
Epistulae ex Ponto; Life of Ovid, Poetic Forms of Ovid’s Works; with
notes on the selections, and vocabulary.
¶ The notes have been prepared with special reference to the needs of
both the school and the college student. They include: General
assistance in the translation of difficult and obscure passages;
judicious references on points of syntax to all the modern school
grammars in common use; notes and comments upon points of antiquarian
interest; and suggestions and illustrations of the relations of Ovid’s
stories to their earlier sources, and especially of their effect upon
English literature.
¶ The vocabulary, which has been prepared especially for this volume,
gives the literal meaning of each word, and also all of the typical
meanings which occur in the text. Generous assistance in word derivation
is offered as well.