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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...brilliant" (Booklist). With an Introduction by the Translator Front Cover -- Front Matter -- Half Title -- Other Books by this Author -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- BOOK I -- Prologue -- The Creation -- The Four Ages -- The Giants -- Lycaon -- The Flood -- Deucalion & Pyrrha -- Python -- Apollo & Daphne -- Io & Jove -- Syrinx -- Io & Jove -- Phaethon -- BOOK II -- Phaethon -- The Heliades -- Cycnus -- Phoebus -- Callisto -- Arcas -- The Raven -- Coronis, the Raven, the Crow, Nyctimene -- Ocyrhoe -- Battus -- Mercury, Herse, Aglauros -- Europa & Jove -- BOOK III -- Cadmus -- Actaeon -- Semele -- Tiresias -- Narcissus & Echo -- Pentheus -- BOOK IV -- The Daughters of Minyas -- Pyramus & Thisbe -- Mars, Venus, Vulcan, the Sun -- Leucothoe & Clytie -- Salmacis & Hermaphroditus -- The Daughters of Minyas -- Athamas & Ino -- Cadmus & Harmonia -- Acrisius -- Perseus & Atlas -- Perseus & Andromeda -- Perseus & Medusa -- BOOK V -- Perseus & Phineus -- Proetus -- Polydectes -- Minerva, the Muses, Pegasus -- Pyreneus -- The Pierides -- Typhoeus -- Ceres & Proserpina -- Arethusa & Alpheus -- Triptolemus & Lyncus -- The Pierides-Again -- BOOK VI -- Arachne -- Niobe -- Latona & the Lycian Peasants -- Marsyas -- Pelops -- Tereus, Procne, Philomela -- Boreas & Orithyia -- BOOK VII -- Medea & Jason -- Medea & Aeson -- Medea & Pelias -- The Flight of Medea -- Theseus & Aegeus -- Minos -- Cephalus -- The Plague -- The Myrmidons -- Cephalus, Procris, Aurora -- BOOK VIII -- Scylla, Nisus, Minos -- Daedalus, the Minotaur, Theseus, Ariadne -- Daedalus & Icarus -- Daedalus & Perdix -- The Calydonian Hunt -- Althaea & Meleager -- Theseus & Achelous -- The Echinades & Perimele -- Baucis & Philemon -- Erysichthon's Sin -- Erysichthon & Famine -- Erysichthon's Daughter -- Achelous -- BOOK IX -- Orpheus -- The Bacchantes -- Midas -- Troy -- Peleus & Thetis -- Ceyx -- Daedalion -- The Wolf -- Ceyx & Alcyone Aesacus -- BOOK X -- Orpheus & Eurydice -- Cyparissus -- Orpheus' Prologue -- Ganymede -- Hyacinthus -- The Cerastes -- The Propoetides -- Pygmalion -- Myrrha & Cinyras -- The Birth of Adonis -- Venus & Adonis -- Atalanta & Hippomenes -- The Fate of Adonis -- BOOK XI -- Orpheus -- The Bacchantes -- Midas -- Troy -- Peleus & Thetis -- Ceyx -- Daedalion -- The Wolf -- Ceyx & Alcyone -- Aesacus -- BOOK XII -- Iphigenia -- Rumor -- Achilles & Cycnus -- Caenis/Caenus -- Lapiths & Centaurs -- Cyllarus -- Caenus -- Hercules & Periclymenus -- The Death of Achilles -- BOOK XIII -- Ajax & Achilles' Armor -- Ulysses & Achilles' Armor -- Ajax -- The Fall of Troy -- Polymestor & Polydorus -- Polyxena -- Polyxena & Hecuba -- Hecuba, Polydorus, Polymestor -- Aurora & Memnon -- The Voyage of Aeneas -- The Daughters of Anius -- The Daughters of Orion -- The Voyage of Aeneas -- Galatea & Acis -- Glaucus & Scylla -- BOOK XIV -- Glaucus, Circe, Scylla -- The Cercopes -- The Sibyl -- Achaemenides -- Aeolus, Ulysses, Circe -- Picus & Canens -- Diomedes -- The Apulian Shepherd -- Aeneas' Ships -- Ardea -- Aeneas -- Vertumnus & Pomona -- Iphis & Anaxarete -- Vertumnus & Pomona -- The Fountain of Janus -- Romulus -- Hersilia -- BOOK XV -- Myscelus -- Pythagoras -- Numa -- Egeria & Hippolytus -- Tages -- Cipus -- Aesculapius -- Caesar -- Epilogue -- Back Matter -- Afterword -- Back Cover -- Spine
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