Ovid is a naughty, naughty man. Oh, and a pretty awesome poet, that too... I think I will be reading his entire bibliography one day.

Greek mythology not only is difficult to read but it gets kind of old very quickly. The stories of how such and such character thought they were better than the gods was very tiresome by the end of Niobe. I just wish that Medea was placed in here to liven things up a bit.

Not as fun as I thought it would be!

*Read for class. 2.75/5 This one is hard to rate... I liked the writing, it was easy to read and sort of fun, but also the topic itself is so controversial? Advice for people who are married (!) on how to seduce other people. And also, of course, on how people should look, laugh, talk and fucking walk. Fuck you, patriarchy! Other than that, if we won't take it too seriously and remember the times... It's readable. Even interesting.

I've been a fan of Greek myths since reading Edith Hamilton's Mythology when I was a kid and this was a fun revisit and also my first foray into Ovid. Metamorphoses was full of passion, comedy, and also had some truly gruesome bits that made me wince - centaur massacre, anyone? I loved feeling connected to people over 2,000 years ago and would recommend this to anyone.

I am happy to own a wonderful, leather-bound copy of this and I intended to read it as a long-term project, but instead incorporated it in my first round of the 75 Hard Challenge and read it in about 2,5 to 3 weeks. This is wonderful. It is not an easy read, it requires a bit of work by the reader to keep track of the symbols and multiple names of deities and entities, but if you are familiar with the greek mythology it might be easy for you, once you get the hang of transferring it to the roman mythology. I truly enjoyed reading the different myths and stories and it opened a whole new world of books to me, because I now am able to identify the similarities in a lot of more modern literature that is based on these works. Also, seeing the different ways to portrait the deities in greek and roman mythology and comparing it to each other was a lot of fun to me. I was lucky enough to have a friend who studied a lot of greek and roman depictions and was able to discuss with me, which added a lot more depth to my perception of this work - I'll advise anyone interested to do a buddy-read, if that is your kind of thing.

It's hard to write a review of a book like this. This narrative is far different than modern storytelling. Ovid wrote at a time when the primary method for conveying narrative was oral. This is patently obvious in the way that Ovid's narrative flows without end from story to story to story (and etc) introducing characters, telling a bit of their life story and quickly moving on to the next character without giving any resolution to the character that came before. It also helped to have a bit of familiarity with most of these myths. (Rick Riordan has definitely done his research. :D) Overall, this was a decent book and if one has an affinity for Greek and Roman mythology then it's a must read. Otherwise, the oral tradition tendency of the book might put off a casual reader.

Als Langzeitprojekt gedacht, wurden Ovids Metamorphosen überraschend Teil meiner 75hardchallenge und begleiteten mich so über die ersten 2,5 Wochen jeden Tag. Ich fand große Freude daran und erkannte vieles wieder, das mir vorher nicht im Zusammenhang mit anderen Teilen bekannt war und doch, sobald einmal gelesen, sehr klare Verbundenheit zeigte. Ich habe sehr viel aus diesem kleinen Projekt mitnehmen können, besitze eine wunderschöne Ausgabe und werde sie sicherlich immer wieder zur Hand nehmen.