tags: birthday. Through submerged gardens, and their broad fins entangle in the boughs. All right, let’s do this as a speed round. in boats, where they not long before to plough and cart did go. METAMORPHOSES BOOK 11, TRANSLATED BY BROOKES MORE DEATH OF ORPHEUS [1] While with his songs, Orpheus, the bard of Thrace, allured the trees, the savage animals, and even the insensate rocks, to follow him; Ciconian matrons, with their raving breasts concealed in skins of forest animals, from the summit of a hill observed him there, attuning love songs to a sounding harp. Is their any of the two that stands out? and Baucis). "Um, very witty, but in Latin, liked sex, the Metamorphoses is all about people being changed into trees etc, Ted Hughes translated him 10 years … Martin's Metamorphoses will be the translation of choice for contemporary readers in English. The Metamorphoses of Ovid have been frequently translated into the English language. That sink slowly. the sea-calf now his ugly body lays. You nip and tuck the thing to the point where your result is elegant and limpid and has some reason for existing. Sign up for the Paris Review newsletter and keep up with news, parties, readings, and more. The stuff wasn’t even really faulty in the original: you’re making it faulty by stripping the passage of its warrant. quaesitisque diu terris, ubi sistere possit, Sexy! You get some good outcomes that way. The dolphins “chase about the boughs.” The “tigers tread the waves.” But you also find a lot of bloody awkward (now not grim) haling of entangled fishes. Others o’er chimney tops and turrets row, The main thing is you gotta concentrate on the three exhibits presented below. et ducit remos illic, ubi nuper arabat: One over corn and tops of towns, whom waves did overwhelm, ©Copyright 2000 A.S.Kline, Fact: there were, between 1550 and 1750, exactly three supremo-supremo English versions of Ovid’s Metamorphoses. Anthony Madrid lives in Victoria, Texas. George Sandys, Ovid’s Metamorphosis Englished, Mythologiz’d, and Represented in … You probably know it’s no easy thing, judging between rival verse translations, especially when they were produced before the 19th century. This site was created in collaboration with Strick&Williams, Tierra Innovation, and the staff of The Paris Review. To torment the Sun, Venus enflames him with desire for Leucothoe, a […] First, there seems to be the divide between verse and prose translations, and in my research, it seems like there's a slight consensus toward the prose being the better way to enjoy the work in English. Sandys provides notes (and supplementary essays) like a Victorian eccentric. Forward momentum takes precedence over everything, and so passages like the one I’m about to quote are always gonna be exceptional. Next on my list is Ovid's Metamorphoses, but there doesn't seem to be a consensus on translation. It booted not the foaming boar his crooked tusks to whet; nunc ibi deformes ponunt sua corpora phocae. ille supra segetes aut mersae culmina villae Exhibit 3, John Dryden, 1693 and reprinted in the “Garth” Ovid, 1717: One climbs a cliff; one in his boat is borne, Somebody born after 1960. It captures the images and sounds of Ovid's poem really well, but the playfulness of Ovid is in many places simply impossible to … et, modo qua graciles gramen carpsere capellae, One of the main objections voiced against the above is padding. This volume also includes endnotes and a glossary of people, places, and personifications. 387 likes. Check the density of marginalia: Some tried to escape by climbing to the hilltops, others, sitting in their curved boats, plied the oars where lately they had been ploughing; some sailed over cornlands, over the submerged roofs of their homes, while some found fish in the topmost branches of the elms. and dolphins played among the tops and boughs of every tree. This extraordinary collection of some 250 Greek and Roman myths and folk tales has always been a popular favorite, and has decisively shaped western art and literature from the moment it was completed in A.D. 8. Author: Ovid, 43 BCE-18? His second book is Try Never. “The stag swims faster than he ran before” is kinda brilliant. or tossed aloft, are knocked against a pine. Bk VIII:1-80 Scylla decides to betray her city of Megara. His translations of both the Iliad and Odyssey have sold hundreds of thousands of copies and have become the standard translations of our era. The wand’ring birds, hid earth long sought in vain, Nereides, silvasque tenent delphines et altis (Hercules, Alcmene, Iole, Galanthis, doth sail in ship; another sits a fishing in an elm. I agree it is brilliant. In fact, the late Ted Hughes went ahead and improved the image into this: Dolphins churn through copses. You’ll be able to say with conviction “To hell with all of ’em.”. Phaethon), (Phaethons fall, Callisto, Coronis, Aglauros, Europa), (Cadmus, Actaeon, Semele, Tiresias, Narcissus, Pentheus), (Pyramus, Leucothoe, Salmacis, Ino, Cadmus, Touch the eyes of marble busts that gaze Sandys wrote part of his version in what is now the State of Virginia. His rapid force no longer helps the boar; “Insulting Nereids” is excellent. There’s eight of those little guys up there, not one of ’em good (“did go” instead of “went”; “did feed” instead of “fed” and so on). and where he lately plowed now strikes his oars. the ugly seals and porpoises now to and fro did float. Join the writers and staff of The Paris Review at our next event. The best translation I know of, it's the one I use and it is in my opinion the best, is the A.D. Melville translation found in the Oxford World Classics. The lion (now not grim) Dryden is the father of English criticism. He is a correspondent for the Daily. Lions, tigers, wolves, all dog-paddling. Ovid's Metamorphoses, tr. It reads like poetry and is dynamic in its pace never missing a beat - a great piece of translation. I am trying to find out what english translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses to read. He uses lines of six accents as Ovid did, albeit with irregular meter. unda vehit tigres; nec vires fulminis apro, The fowls, long beating on their wings in vain, Based on the poetry of Hesiod (Works and Days, and Theogony) and Callimachus (Aetia), the Metamorphoses features a collection separate stories linked by the common theme of transformation. About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. “Browse” is tasty. How ’bout you? Also, it doesn’t require a lot of explanation. The Metamorphoses by Publius Ovidius Naso (43 B.C. I remember, when I first read that, I ran to my Loeb Ovid to check the Latin and was sorely disappointed that Hughes had simply made it up. The wolf doth swim 1 Bk VIII:81-151 Scylla, deserted, is changed to a bird. by the corresponding line reference in the Latin text. The lightning stroke of his strong tusk was of no use, then, to the wild boar, nor his swift legs to the stag—both alike were swept away. And once again, one finds some poetry. The Metamorphoses, which he wrote over the six-year period leading up to his exile from Rome in 8 a.d., is the primary source for over two hundred classical legends that survived to the twenty-first century. B. Taylor, among others, have shown how Ovid was, in many ways, the most important poet for the Bard: without the Metamorphoses, we wouldn’t have had Pyramus and Thisbe from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, but nor would we have had Titus Andronicus or, for that matter, Shakespeare’s deep-rooted … Translated by Sir Samuel Garth, John Dryden, et al. The first and still the best modern verse translation of the Metamorphoses, Humphries’ version of Ovid’s masterpiece captures its wit, merriment, and sophistication. Selections from the Metamorphoses, pág. Have you noticed that not one of these translators managed to include the part from the original about the dolphins smacking hard into the oak trees? Here’s the original Latin, for all the good that’s gonna do anybody: Occupat hic collem, cumba sedet alter adunca Instead, what I want is to put you in a position to judge between these guys’ versions. So what are you gonna do? Myrmidons, Procris), (Scylla, Daedalus, Icarus, Meleager, Philemon O’er corn, o’er drownèd villages he sails: In Best Books Ever Listings. Perseus), (Perseus, Calliope, Proserpine, Arethusa, The Metamorphoses The Metamorphoses is Ovid's longest extant work, a continuous epic poem in fifteen books, consisting of nearly 12,000 lines. Like “Fas est ab hoste doceri. and chase about the boughs. I will be reading it for my own enjoyment and to easier … The prose version had “dolphins took possession of the woods, and dashed against high branches, shaking the oak trees as they knocked against them.” Surely that’s too good to chuck. with weary wings descend into the main. Good is good. Not the best necessarily, but the best introduction to the work. Can I amend Jimmy's question? Ulysses, Polyxena, Hecuba, Memnon, Galatea, Glaucus), (Scylla, Sibyl, Visit our store to buy archival issues of the magazine, prints, T-shirts, and accessories. Golding writes in what are called fourteeners. Don’t be impossible. navigat, hic summa piscem deprendit in ulmo. of Orpheus, Midas, Peleus, Ceyx, Alcyone, Aesacus), (Rumour, Cycnus, Wandering birds searched long for some land where they might rest, till their wings grew weary and they fell into the sea. translation and Mythological index, (Ancient Dryope, Byblis, Iphis), (Orpheus, Swim in silent wonder into kitchens, The grim and greedy wolf did swim among the siely sheep, So what are you supposed to do? The first and still the best modern verse translation of the Metamorphoses, Humphries’ version of Ovid’s masterpiece captures its wit, merriment, and sophistication. Which is to say it's nothing like Melville's Metamorphoses —nor Golding's, Sandys's, Garth's or More's. In meadows green were anchors cast (so fortune did provide) The passage I selected (Metamorphoses I: 293–308) is not representative of the book as a whole. Note that I am here (and everywhere) modernizing the shit out of the spelling and punctuation, basically adjusting any piece of mechanics that might interfere with your being able to sight-read the meter: Some climbèd up to tops of hills, and some rowed to and fro faithfully replicate the author’s faults? To facilitate online searches the E-Text-hosted index itself is now minus diacritical markings. In woods the dolphins keep It’s rather more self-contained and memorable than Ovid’s usual run of sixteen lines. Anyway here’s a completely straightforward prose translation (the old Mary Innes version, Penguin Classics, 1955), so you know just exactly what the Latin says. the lion and the tiger fierce were borne upon the deep. nat lupus inter oves, fulvos vehit unda leones, It’s not in the Latin, but it’s excellent. If you read ’em carelessly they will seem more or less the same to you. God reduces Chaos into order. When people criticized Sandys back in the day, the usual line was that his Ovid shows the dangers of the word-for-word approach to translation. One thing before we get into it. They are as follows: Much could be said about each of these. Ovid: The Metamorphoses: a new complete downloadable English translation with comprehensive index, and other poetry translations including Baudelaire , Chinese, European . “That sink slowly”! The Text is fully hyper-linked to the Mythological index and vice versa; three or four spot-omissions are now mended thanks to Mark Nodine's notes. 3 Bk VIII:152-182 The Minotaur, Theseus, and Ariadne Bk VIII:183-235 Daedalus and Icarus Bk VIII:236-259 The death of Talos Bk VIII:260-328 The Calydonian Boar Hunt – the cause. And where but t’other day before did feed the hungry goat, and ships the underlying vineyards hide. In fields they anchor cast, as chance did guide, People boating above their own homes, fish living in trees. One should learn even from one's enemies.” ― Ovid, Metamorphoses. "Ovid is, after Homer, the single most important source for classical mythology. But at least you’ll know where you stand. And where of late the kids had cropped the grass, and crooked ships did shadow vines, the which the flood did hide. It’s not even a translation, but good is good and a good note to end on: The Nereids roam astounded I quite like “It booted not the foaming boar his crooked tusks to whet; the running hart could in the stream by swiftness nothing get.” (A) it has a ring to it, and (B) it seems much better than anything you would get out of the bare sense: “The lightning stroke of his strong tusk was of no use, then, to the wild boar, nor his swift legs to the stag.”. Ovid’s Metamorphoses is an astonishingly brilliant rendering of Greek myths in Roman form. and ploughs above, where late he sowed his corn. His philosophy was that word-for-word translation was stupid, because what happens is your original author has written something screwed up or inefficient or otherwise faulty, and it’s just fine in the original because of the sounds—but then you lose the sounds when you change the passage into English. And here’s the hideous part. crura nec ablato prosunt velocia cervo, In short, “Bye-bye, elegance.”. in mare lassatis volucris vaga decidit alis. and tigers tread the waves. ― Ovid, Metamorphoses. Dolphins bumping into oaks. Wolves swam among the flocks, and the waves supported tawny lions, and tigers too. The good news has always been that it hardly matters how hard a task is, when no one’s gonna do it. The sea nymphs wondered under waves the towns and groves to see, On leaves and masts of mighty oaks they browse, It’s easy on the eyes. I'd like to ask: Which verse translation of the Metamorphoses should I read first? - A.D. 17) has, over the centuries, been the most popular and influential work from our classical tradition. Where mountain-loving goats did lately graze, Translator. Yet somebody has to go in there. incursant ramis agitataque robora pulsant. avail the hart, nor wounding tusks the boar. or downward driv’n, they bruise the tender vine, I'm studying it in university now as well, I wouldn't say it is a translation, more an adaptation, set of poems on their own even. But you know what? Hippolytus, Cipus, Aesculapius, The Caesars), Ancient Dryden basically said: You gotta do what you gotta do. Metamorphoses has been divided into the following sections: Book the First [79k] Book the Second [81k] Book the Third [66k] Book the Fourth [85k] Book the Fifth [76k] Book the Sixth [83k] Polyphemus, Circe, Picus, Pomona, Romulus), (Pythagoras, Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought The Metamorphoses of Ovid is said to be "translated freely". Ovid also mattered, of course, to Shakespeare, and critics such as Jonathan Bate and A. METAMORPHOSES BOOK 10, TRANSLATED BY BROOKES MORE ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE [1] Veiled in a saffron mantle, through the air unmeasured, after the strange wedding, Hymen departed swiftly for Ciconian land; regardless and not listening to the voice of tuneful Orpheus. Now take a moment and savor it. Swift feet no more amongst the sheep. Each Book is arranged in paragraphs, with each paragraph headed She is collateral damage in Venus’s revenge against the Sun, who exposed the goddess’s affair with the war-god Mars. aut subiecta terunt curvae vineta carinae; Leucothoe is only one of the many raped women of Ovid’s Metamorphoses, though she is not as famous as Daphne, Io, Persephone, or Philomela. And the poet is having a good time describing the upside-down world, where everything is underwater. into the sea, with weary wings, were driv’n to fall anon. The frighted wolf now swims among the sheep; On referring to Mr. Bohn’s excellent Catalogue of the Greek and Latin Classics and their Translations, we find that the whole of the work has been twice translated into English Prose, while five translations in Verse are there enumerated. Melville's new translation reproduces the grace and fluency of Ovid's style, and its modern idiom offers a fresh understanding of Ovid's unique and elusive vision of reality. And of course birds can’t stay in the air forever, so eventually they plunk down dead into the water. Indeed, I’ll close with one of Hughes’ even more radical departures, from just before the dolphins. I’ll throw down a couple of judgments, and point out what you might otherwise miss. Jimmy wrote: "Which translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses should I read?" Where lately sinewy goats cropped the grass, now ugly seals disported themselves. One takes a hill; one in a boat deplores, Metamorphoses, poem in 15 books, written in Latin about 8 CE by Ovid. Caeneus, Lapiths and Centaurs, Achilles), (Ajax, Water nymphs can suddenly go up to the front door and knock. Charles Martin combines a close fidelity to Ovid's text with verse that catches the speed and liveliness of the original. All Rights Reserved. I wanted those acorns to be Ovid’s. The Pierides), (Arachne, Niobe, Marsyas, Procne, Philomela, Boreas), (Jason, Medea, Minos, The Plague, The Metamorphoses of Ovid is probably one of the best known, certainly one of the most influential works of the Ancient world. Translate texts with the world's best machine translation technology, developed by the creators of Linguee. So now we look at Exhibit 1, Arthur Golding, 1567. Line one: “to deplore” meant “to lament or bewail one’s misfortunes,” so don’t let that trip you up. The first and still the best modern verse translation of the Metamorphoses, Humphries’ version of Ovid’s masterpiece captures its wit, merriment, and sophistication. and drop their anchors on the meads below: Like “Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt … It’s a nice bit. Pygmalion, Myrrha, Venus and Adonis, Atalanta), (Death the stag swims faster than he ran before. At times it happened that they dropped anchor in green meadows, sometimes the curved keels grazed vineyards that lay beneath them. That’s why I’m quoting it, though. The fleeting fowls, long having sought for land to rest upon, All you need to know is that Ovid is describing a Flood, capital F. It’s a punishment, like in the book of Genesis. That’s the way it goes with narrative poetry. The work is a collection of mythological and legendary stories, many taken from Greek sources, in which transformation (metamorphosis) plays a role, however minor. the nymphs admire. the yellow lion wanders in the deep. For instance, note the frequency with which the word “did” is inserted to fill out the meter. and wond’ring dolphins o’er the palace glide. He only takes parts of the Metamorphoses and adds a lot of his own material. Metamorphoses By Ovid Written 1 A.C.E. It is written in hexameter verse. There are many competent and workmanlike modern English translations of Ovid, but his tone is incredibly difficult to capture, and translators generally (and understandably) fail to convey its peculiar magic. Hunting their prey into oak trees, they shake out acorns tags: ancient, latin, philosophy. That’s some A#1 poetry, right there. Open menu. We’re just gonna do a simple little comparison. Insulting Nereids on the cities ride, Greece and the Aegean), (Chaos, Four Ages, Flood, Daphne, Io, Syrinx, Suggest as a translation of "Metamorphoses of Ovid" Copy; DeepL Translator Linguee. You don’t have to read the whole Metamorphoses three times; I’ve done it for you.
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