‘Drawn on by his eagerness for the open sky, he left his guide and soared upwards . . .’
Enduring myths of vengeful gods and tragically flawed mortals from ancient Rome’s great poet. Ovid tells the tales of Theseus and the Minotaur, Daedalus and Icarus, the Calydonian Boar-Hunt, and many other famous myths.
(Taken from Books VIII and IX of Mary M. Innes’s translation of Metamorphoses.)
[ Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso) 43 BC–17 AD ]
Little Black Classics celebrates Penguin’s 80th birthday, introducing 80 works from the classics.
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
56 pages
Publication:
2015
Publisher:
Penguin Classics
Edition:
Little Black Classics, #73
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
0141398671
ISBN13:
9780141398679
kindle Asin:
B00T8S1IYC
The Fall of Icarus (Penguin Little Black Classics, #73)
‘Drawn on by his eagerness for the open sky, he left his guide and soared upwards . . .’
Enduring myths of vengeful gods and tragically flawed mortals from ancient Rome’s great poet. Ovid tells the tales of Theseus and the Minotaur, Daedalus and Icarus, the Calydonian Boar-Hunt, and many other famous myths.
(Taken from Books VIII and IX of Mary M. Innes’s translation of Metamorphoses.)
[ Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso) 43 BC–17 AD ]
Little Black Classics celebrates Penguin’s 80th birthday, introducing 80 works from the classics.