Ovid's Metamorphoses in fifteen books, translated by the most eminent hands [T128848, Vol.2]

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518

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Ovid's Metamorphoses

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1720

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Full Title:

OVID’S | [i]METAMORPHOSES[/i], | IN | FIFTEEN BOOKS. | [i]Translated by the most Eminent[/i] HANDS. | [rule] | Adorn’d with SCULPTURES. | [rule] | VOLUME [i]the[/i] SECOND. | [rule] | The SECOND EDITION. | [rule] | [i]LONDON[/i], | Printed for [i]J. Tonson[/i]: And Sold by | [i]J. Brotherton[/i] and [i]W. Meadows[/i], at the | [i]Black Bull[/i] in [i]Cornhill[/i]. 1720.

Place of Publication:

London

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Collection of translations/imitations

Format:

Duodecimo

Pagination:

388pp; 113 mispaginated as 65; 244 as 44; 265 as 65; 101 repeated in pagination.

Bibliographic details:

2nd edition. PLATES: Engraved plates on p.10, 54, 103, 142, 186, 228, 260, 312, 332, 344. All plates form parts of gatherings

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CONTENTS: Translations of Ovid's Metamorphoses (Books VII-XV) by various hands.

Other matter:

PREFATORY MATERIAL: Contents page [6pp].

References:

David Hopkins, 'Dryden and the Garth-Tonson Metamorphoses', New Series, Vol. XXXIX, No. 153 (1988).

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Content/Publication

First Line:

The Argonauts now stemmed the foaming tide

Page No:

pp.11-16

Poem Title:

Ovid's Metamorphoses. Book VII... The Story of Medea and Jason.

Attribution:

'by Mr. Tate', contents page attribution

Attributed To:

Nahum Tate

First Line:

Impatient for the wonders of the day

Page No:

pp.16-19

Poem Title:

The Dragon's Teeth transform'd to Men.

Attribution:

by the same Hand [i.e., Tate] [contents page]

Attributed To:

Nahum Tate

First Line:

Aemonian matrons who their absence mourned

Page No:

pp.19-26

Poem Title:

Old Aeson restor'd to Youth.

Attribution:

by the same Hand [i.e., Tate] [contents page]

Attributed To:

Nahum Tate

First Line:

Thus far obliging love employed her art

Page No:

pp.26-31

Poem Title:

The Death of Pelias.

Attribution:

by the same Hand [i.e., Tate] [contents page]

Attributed To:

Nahum Tate

First Line:

From hence to Athens she directs her flight

Page No:

pp.31-38

Poem Title:

The Story of Aegeus.

Attribution:

by the same Hand [i.e., Tate] [contents page]

Attributed To:

Nahum Tate

First Line:

A dreadful plague from angry Juno came

Page No:

pp.38-45

Poem Title:

The Story of Ants chang'd to Men.

Attribution:

By Mr. Stonestreet [vol. 2, contents page]

Attributed To:

William Stonestreet

First Line:

To the inmost courts the Grecian youths were led

Page No:

pp.45-52

Poem Title:

The Story of Cephalus, and Procris.

Attribution:

by Mr. Tate [contents page]

Attributed To:

Nahum Tate

First Line:

With such discourse they entertain the day

Page No:

p.45

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Continu'd by Mr. Tate

Attributed To:

Nahum Tate

First Line:

Now shone the morning star in bright array

Page No:

pp.55-63

Poem Title:

Ovid's Metamorphoses. Book VIII... The Story of Nisus and Scylla.

Attribution:

By Mr. Croxall

Attributed To:

Samuel Croxall

First Line:

Now Minos landed on the Cretan shore

Page No:

p.63-65

Poem Title:

The Labyrinth.

Attribution:

by the same Hand [i.e., Croxall] [contents page]

Attributed To:

Samuel Croxall

First Line:

In tedious exile now too long detained

Page No:

pp.65-69

Poem Title:

The Story of Daedalus, and Icarus.

Attribution:

by the same Hand [i.e., Croxall] [contents page]

Attributed To:

Samuel Croxall

First Line:

From him the Caledonians sought relief

Page No:

pp.69-83

Poem Title:

The Story of Meleagar, and Atlanta.

Attribution:

By Mr. Dryden

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

Theseus meanwhile acquitting well his share

Page No:

pp.83-85

Poem Title:

The Transformation of the Naiads.

Attribution:

By Mr. Vernon

Attributed To:

Thomas Vernon

First Line:

But yonder far lo yonder does appear

Page No:

pp.85-86

Poem Title:

Perimele turn'd into an Island.

Attribution:

by the same Hand [i.e., Vernon] [contents page]

Attributed To:

Thomas Vernon

First Line:

Thus Achelous ends his audience hear

Page No:

p.87-93

Poem Title:

The Story of Baucis and Philemon.

Attribution:

by Mr. Dryden

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

He ceased in his relation to proceed

Page No:

pp.93-94

Poem Title:

The Changes of Proteus.

Attribution:

Continu'd by Mr. Vernon

Attributed To:

Thomas Vernon

First Line:

In various shapes thus to deceive the eyes

Page No:

pp.94-97

Poem Title:

The Story of Erisichthon.

Attribution:

by the same Hand [i.e., Vernon] [contents page]

Attributed To:

Thomas Vernon

First Line:

Where frozen Scythia's utmost bound is placed

Page No:

pp.97-100

Poem Title:

The Description of Famine.

Attribution:

by the same Hand [i.e., Vernon] [contents page]

Attributed To:

Thomas Vernon

First Line:

Now riches hoarded by paternal care

Page No:

pp.100-102

Poem Title:

The Transformation of Erisichthon's Daughter

Attribution:

by the same Hand [i.e., Vernon] [contents page]

Attributed To:

Thomas Vernon

First Line:

Theseus requests the god to tell his woes

Page No:

pp.104-109

Poem Title:

Ovid's Metamorphoses. Book IX... The Story of Achelous and Hercules.

Attribution:

By Mr. Gay

Attributed To:

John Gay

First Line:

This virgin too thy love o Nessus found

Page No:

pp.109-111

Poem Title:

The Death of Nessus the Centaur.

Attribution:

by the same Hand [i.e., Gay] [contents page]

Attributed To:

John Gay

First Line:

Now a long interval of time succeeds

Page No:

pp.111-114

Poem Title:

The Death of Hercules.

Attribution:

by the same Hand [i.e., Gay] [contents page]

Attributed To:

John Gay

First Line:

The hero said and with the torture stung

Page No:

pp.114-115

Poem Title:

The Transformation of Lychas into a Rock.

Attribution:

by the same Hand [i.e., Gay] [contents page]

Attributed To:

John Gay

First Line:

But now the hero of immortal birth

Page No:

pp.115-117

Poem Title:

The Apotheosis of Hercules.

Attribution:

by the same Hand [i.e., Gay] [contents page]

Attributed To:

John Gay

First Line:

Atlas perceived the load of heaven's new guest

Page No:

pp.117-119

Poem Title:

The Transformation of Galanthis.

Attribution:

by the same Hand [i.e., Gay] [contents page]

Attributed To:

John Gay

First Line:

She said and for her lost Galanthis sighs

Page No:

p.119-123

Poem Title:

The Fable of Dryope.

Attribution:

By Mr. Pope

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

Now from her lips a solemn oath had passed

Page No:

pp.123-124

Poem Title:

The Prophecy of Themis.

Attribution:

by the same Hand [i.e., Gay] [contents page]

Attributed To:

John Gay

First Line:

While Iole the fatal change declares

Page No:

p.123

Poem Title:

Iolaus restor'd to Youth.

Attribution:

Continu'd by Mr. Gay

Attributed To:

John Gay

First Line:

When Themis thus with prescient voice had spoke

Page No:

pp.124-126

Poem Title:

The Debate of the Gods.

Attribution:

by the same Hand [i.e., Gay] [contents page]

Attributed To:

John Gay

First Line:

Let the sad fate of wretched Byblis prove

Page No:

pp.126-133

Poem Title:

The Passion of Byblis.

Attribution:

By Stephen Harvey, Esq

Attributed To:

Stephen Harvey

First Line:

The fame of this perhaps through Crete had flown

Page No:

pp.133-140

Poem Title:

The Fable of Iphis and Ianthe

Attribution:

By Mr. Dryden

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

Thence in his saffron robe for distant Thrace

Page No:

pp.143-149

Poem Title:

Ovid's Metamorphoses. Book X... The Story of Orpheus and Eurydice.

Attribution:

By Mr. Congreve

Attributed To:

William Congreve

First Line:

Amid the throng of this promiscuous wood

Page No:

pp.149-151

Poem Title:

The Fable of Cyparissus.

Attribution:

by the same Hand [i.e. Congreve]

Attributed To:

William Congreve

First Line:

Thus the sweet artist in a wondrous shade

Page No:

pp.151-152

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Continu'd by Mr. Croxall

Attributed To:

Samuel Croxall

First Line:

Phoebus for thee too Hyacinth designed

Page No:

pp.152-154

Poem Title:

Hyacinthus transform'd into a Flower.

Attribution:

By Mr. Ozell

Attributed To:

John Ozell

First Line:

Enquire of Amathus whose wealthy ground

Page No:

p.155-156

Poem Title:

The Transformations of the Cerastae, and Propaetides.

Attribution:

by the same Hand [i.e. Ozell] [contents page]

Attributed To:

John Ozell

First Line:

Pygmalion loathing their lascivious life

Page No:

pp.156-159

Poem Title:

The Story of Pygmalion, and the Statue.

Attribution:

By Mr. Dryden

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

Nor him alone produced the fruitful queen

Page No:

pp.159-172

Poem Title:

The Story of Cinyras, and Myrrha.

Attribution:

by the same Hand [i.e. Dryden] [contents page]

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

For Cytherea's lips while Cupid pressed

Page No:

pp.172-184

Poem Title:

The Story of Venus and Adonis.

Attribution:

By Mr. Eusden

Attributed To:

Laurence Eusden

First Line:

Here while the Thracian bard's enchanting strain

Page No:

pp.187-191

Poem Title:

The Death of Orpheus.

Attribution:

By Mr. Croxall

Attributed To:

Samuel Croxall

First Line:

Bacchus resolving to revenge the wrong

Page No:

pp.191-192

Poem Title:

The Thracian Women transform'd to Trees.

Attribution:

by the same Hand [i.e., Croxall] [contents page]

Attributed To:

Samuel Croxall

First Line:

Nor this sufficed the god's disgust remains

Page No:

pp.192-197

Poem Title:

The Fable of Midas.

Attribution:

by the same Hand [i.e. Croxall] [contents page]

Attributed To:

Samuel Croxall

First Line:

Phoebus with full revenge from Tmolus flies

Page No:

pp.197-199

Poem Title:

The Building of Troy.

Attribution:

by the same Hand [i.e. Croxall] [contents page]

Attributed To:

Samuel Croxall

First Line:

For Proteus thus to virgin Thetis said

Page No:

pp.199-201

Poem Title:

The Story of Thetis, and Peleus, &c.

Attribution:

by the same Hand [i.e. Croxall] [contents page]

Attributed To:

Samuel Croxall

First Line:

Peleus unmixed felicity enjoyed

Page No:

pp.201-204

Poem Title:

The Transformation of Daedalion.

Attribution:

by the same Hand [i.e, Croxall] [contents page]

Attributed To:

Samuel Croxall

First Line:

While they astonished heard the king relate

Page No:

pp.204-207

Poem Title:

A Wolf turn'd into Marble.

Attribution:

by the same Hand [i.e. Croxall] [contents page]

Attributed To:

Samuel Croxall

First Line:

These prodigies affect the pious prince

Page No:

pp.207-216

Poem Title:

The Story of Ceyx and Alcyone.

Attribution:

By Mr. Dryden

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

Near the Cymmerians in his dark abode

Page No:

pp.216-223

Poem Title:

The House of Sleep.

Attribution:

by the same Hand [i.e. Dryden] [contents page]

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

These some old man sees wanton in the air

Page No:

pp.223-225

Poem Title:

Aesacus transform'd into a Cormorant.

Attribution:

by the same Hand [i.e. Dryden] [contents page]

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

Priam to whom the story was unknown

Page No:

pp.229-231

Poem Title:

The Trojan War.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. Dryden

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

Full in the midst of this created space

Page No:

pp.231-233

Poem Title:

The House of Fame.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. Dryden

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

From these first onsets the Sigaean shore

Page No:

pp.233-237

Poem Title:

The Story of Cygnus.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. Dryden

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

Then Nestor thus what once this age has known

Page No:

pp.237-239

Poem Title:

The Story of Caeneus.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. Dryden

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

Now brave Perithous bold Ixion's son

Page No:

pp.239-247

Poem Title:

The Skirmish between the Centaurs and Lapithites.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. Dryden

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

Nor could thy form o Cyllarus foreslow

Page No:

pp.247-250

Poem Title:

The Story of Cyllarus and Hylonome.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. Dryden

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

Already Caeneus with his conquering hand

Page No:

pp.250-253

Poem Title:

Caeneus transform'd to an Eagle.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. Dryden

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

This tale by Nestor told did much displease

Page No:

pp.253-255

Poem Title:

The Fate of Periclymenos.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. Dryden

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

The sire of Cygnus monarch of the main

Page No:

pp.255-258

Poem Title:

The Death of Achilles.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. Dryden

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

The chiefs were set the soldiers crowned the field

Page No:

pp.261-281

Poem Title:

The Speeches of Ajax and Ulysses.

Attribution:

By Mr. Dryden

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

He who could often and alone withstand

Page No:

p.281

Poem Title:

The Death of Ajax.

Attribution:

by the same Hand [i.e. Dryden] [contents page]

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

The victor with full sails for Lemnos stood

Page No:

pp.282-289

Poem Title:

The Story of Polyxena and Hecuba.

Attribution:

By Mr. Temple Stanyan

Attributed To:

Temple Stanyan

First Line:

Yet bright Aurora partial as she was

Page No:

pp.289-292

Poem Title:

The Funeral of Memnon.

Attribution:

By Mr. Croxall

Attributed To:

Samuel Croxall

First Line:

Troy thus destroyed 'twas still denied by fate

Page No:

pp.292-298

Poem Title:

The Voyage of Aeneas.

Attribution:

By Mr. Catcott

Attributed To:

Alexander Stopford Catcott

First Line:

Acis the lovely youth whose loss I mourn

Page No:

pp.298-306

Poem Title:

The Story of Acis, Polyphemus, and Galatea.

Attribution:

By Mr. Dryden

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

Here ceased the nymph the fair assembly broke

Page No:

pp.306-309

Poem Title:

The Story of Glaucus, and Scylla.

Attribution:

By Mr. Rowe

Attributed To:

Nicholas Rowe

First Line:

Now Glaucus with a lover's haste bounds over

Page No:

pp.313-315

Poem Title:

Ovid's Metamorphoses. Book XIV... The Transformation of Scylla.

Attribution:

Translated by Sir Samuel Garth, M.D.

Attributed To:

Sir Samuel Garth

First Line:

Here bulged the pride of famed Ulysses' fleet

Page No:

pp.315-316

Poem Title:

The Voyage of Aeneas continu'd.

Attribution:

Book XIV. Translated by Sir Samuel Garth, M.D.

Attributed To:

Sir Samuel Garth

First Line:

Now on his right he leaves Parthenope

Page No:

pp.316-317

Poem Title:

Aeneas descends to Hell.

Attribution:

Book XIV. Translated by Sir Samuel Garth, M.D.

Attributed To:

Sir Samuel Garth

First Line:

The galleys now by Pythecusa pass

Page No:

p.316

Poem Title:

The Transformation of Cercopians into Apes.

Attribution:

Book XIV. Translated by Sir Samuel Garth, M.D.

Attributed To:

Sir Samuel Garth

First Line:

I am no deity replied the dame

Page No:

p.318

Poem Title:

The Story of the Sibyll.

Attribution:

Book XIV. Translated by Sir Samuel Garth, M.D.

Attributed To:

Sir Samuel Garth

First Line:

Thus Achaemenides with thanks I name

Page No:

pp.319-320

Poem Title:

The Adventures of Achaemenides.

Attribution:

Book XIV. Translated by Sir Samuel Garth, M.D.

Attributed To:

Sir Samuel Garth

First Line:

Then Macareus there reigned a prince of fame

Page No:

p.320

Poem Title:

The Adventures of Macareus.

Attribution:

Book XIV. Translated by Sir Samuel Garth, M.D.

Attributed To:

Sir Samuel Garth

First Line:

Before the spacious front a herd we find

Page No:

pp.321-322

Poem Title:

The Enchantments of Circe.

Attribution:

Book XIV. Translated by Sir Samuel Garth, M.D.

Attributed To:

Sir Samuel Garth

First Line:

Picus who once the Ausonian sceptre held

Page No:

pp.322-326

Poem Title:

The Story of Picus and Canens.

Attribution:

Book XIV. Translated by Sir Samuel Garth, M.D.

Attributed To:

Sir Samuel Garth

First Line:

Thus Macareus now with a pious aim

Page No:

pp.326-327

Poem Title:

Aeneas arrives in Italy.

Attribution:

Book XIV. Translated by Sir Samuel Garth, M.D.

Attributed To:

Sir Samuel Garth

First Line:

After famed Ilium was by Argives won

Page No:

pp.327-329

Poem Title:

The Adventures of Diomedes.

Attribution:

Book XIV. Translated by Sir Samuel Garth, M.D.

Attributed To:

Sir Samuel Garth

First Line:

Meanwhile the Latians all their power prepare

Page No:

pp.329-331

Poem Title:

The Trojan Ships transform'd to Sea-Nymphs.

Attribution:

Book XIV. Translated by Sir Samuel Garth, M.D.

Attributed To:

Sir Samuel Garth

First Line:

Thus Diomedes Venulus withdraws

Page No:

p.329

Poem Title:

The Transformation of Appulus.

Attribution:

Book XIV. Translated by Sir Samuel Garth, M.D.

Attributed To:

Sir Samuel Garth

First Line:

Now had Aeneas as ordained by fate

Page No:

pp.331-332

Poem Title:

The Deification of Aeneas.

Attribution:

Book XIV. Translated by Sir Samuel Garth, M.D.

Attributed To:

Sir Samuel Garth

First Line:

Ascanius now the Latian sceptre sways

Page No:

pp.332-333

Poem Title:

The Line of the Latian Kings.

Attribution:

Book XIV. Translated by Sir Samuel Garth, M.D.

Attributed To:

Sir Samuel Garth

First Line:

A Hama-Dryad flourished in these days

Page No:

pp.333-336

Poem Title:

The Story of Vertumnus and Pomona.

Attribution:

Book XIV. Translated by Sir Samuel Garth, M.D.

Attributed To:

Sir Samuel Garth

First Line:

Iphis of vulgar birth by chance had viewed

Page No:

pp.336-338

Poem Title:

The Story of Iphis, and Anaxarete.

Attribution:

Book XIV. Translated by Sir Samuel Garth, M.D.

Attributed To:

Sir Samuel Garth

First Line:

Now Procas yielding to the fates his son

Page No:

pp.338-339

Poem Title:

The Latian Line continu'd.

Attribution:

Book XIV. Translated by Sir Samuel Garth, M.D.

Attributed To:

Sir Samuel Garth

First Line:

Now warrior Mars his burnished helm puts on

Page No:

pp.339-340

Poem Title:

The Assumption of Romulus.

Attribution:

Book XIV. Translated by Sir Samuel Garth, M.D.

Attributed To:

Sir Samuel Garth

First Line:

Ere long the goddess of the nuptial bed

Page No:

pp.340-341

Poem Title:

The Assumption of Hersilia.

Attribution:

Book XIV. Translated by Sir Samuel Garth, M.D.

Attributed To:

Sir Samuel Garth

First Line:

A king is sought to guide the growing state

Page No:

pp.345-369

Poem Title:

Ovid's Metamorphoses. Book XV... The Pythagorean Philosophy.

Attribution:

By Mr. Dryden

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

Advanced in years he died one common date

Page No:

pp.369-372

Poem Title:

The Story of Hippolytus.

Attribution:

By Mr. Catcott

Attributed To:

Alexander Stopford Catcott

First Line:

But others woes were useless to appease

Page No:

pp.372-373

Poem Title:

Egeria transform'd to a Fountain.

Attribution:

by the same Hand [i.e. Catcott] [contents page]

Attributed To:

Alexander Stopford Catcott

First Line:

Or as when Cippus in the current viewed

Page No:

pp.373-375

Poem Title:

The Story of Cippus.

Attribution:

By Sir Samuel Garth, M. D.

Attributed To:

Sir Samuel Garth

First Line:

Melodious maids of Pindus who inspire

Page No:

pp.375-381

Poem Title:

The Occasion of Aesculapius being brought to Rome.

Attribution:

By Mr. Welsted

Attributed To:

Leonard Welsted

First Line:

But Aesculapius was a foreign power

Page No:

pp.381-386

Poem Title:

The Deification of Julius Caesar.

Attribution:

by the same Hand [i.e. Welsted] [contents page]

Attributed To:

Leonard Welsted

First Line:

Thus raised his glorious offspring Julius viewed

Page No:

pp.386-387

Poem Title:

The Reign of Augustus, in which Ovid flourish'd.

Attribution:

by the same Hand [i.e. Welsted] [contents page]

Attributed To:

Leonard Welsted

First Line:

The work is finished which nor dreads the rage

Page No:

p.387

Poem Title:

The Poet concludes.

Attribution:

by the same Hand [i.e. Welsted] [contents page]

Attributed To:

Leonard Welsted