Ovid's Metamorphoses in fifteen books, translated by the most eminent hands [T169738, Vol.1]

DMI number:

622

Publication Date:

1773

Volume Number:

1 of 2

ESTC number:

T169738

Shelfmark:

BOD Vet.A5 f.2872

Full Title:

OVID's | [i]METAMORPHOSES[/i], | IN | FIFTEEN BOOKS. | [i]Translated by the most Eminent Hands[/i]. | [rule] | Adorned with SCULPTURES. | [rule] | VOLUME [i]the[/i] FIRST. | [rule] | The FOURTH EDITION. | [rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed for T. Davies, T. Becket, T. Caslon, | T. Cadel, G. Robinson, and T. Evans. | [rule] | M DCC LXXIII.

Place of Publication:

London

Genres:

Collection of translations/imitations

Format:

Duodecimo

Pagination:

[16][52][4]240p.

Bibliographic details:

'Fourth' edition. PLATES: Engraved plates on sig.A1v, A3v; D1v; E9v; G6v; H11v; K9v; M4v. All plates form parts of gatherings

Comments:

CONTENTS: Preface and translations of Ovid's Metamorphoses (Books I-VI) by various hands.

Other matter:

PREFATORY MATERIAL: Engraved frontispiece; title-page; engraved dedicatory plate; dedicatory epistle to Princess of Wales signed S.Garth [9pp.]; preface [pp.i-li]; table of contents [4pp].

References:

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

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Content/Publication

First Line:

Of bodies changed to various forms I sing

Page No:

pp.3-7

Poem Title:

Ovid's Metamorphoses. Book I.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. John Dryden

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

The golden age was first when man yet new

Page No:

pp.7-8

Poem Title:

The Golden Age.

Attribution:

Ovid’s Metamorphoses. Book I. Translated by Mr. John Dryden

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

But when good Saturn banished from above

Page No:

pp.8-9

Poem Title:

The Silver Age.

Attribution:

Ovid’s Metamorphoses. Book I. Translated by Mr. John Dryden

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

Hard steel succeeded then

Page No:

pp.9-10

Poem Title:

The Iron Age.

Attribution:

Ovid’s Metamorphoses. Book I. Translated by Mr. John Dryden

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

To this came next in course the brazen age

Page No:

p.9

Poem Title:

The Brazen Age.

Attribution:

Ovid’s Metamorphoses. Book I. Translated by Mr. John Dryden

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

Nor were the gods themselves more safe above

Page No:

pp.10-24

Poem Title:

The Giants War.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. John Dryden

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

The first and fairest of his loves was she

Page No:

pp.24-29

Poem Title:

The Transformation of Daphne into a Laurel.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. John Dryden

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

An ancient forest in Thessalia grows

Page No:

pp.29-34

Poem Title:

The Transformation of Io into a Heifer.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. John Dryden

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

Now Jove no longer could her sufferings bear

Page No:

pp.34-35

Poem Title:

The Eyes of Argus Transformed into a Peacock's Train.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. John Dryden

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

Then Hermes thus a nymph of late there was

Page No:

pp.35-40

Poem Title:

The Transformation of Syrinx into Reeds.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. John Dryden

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

The sun's bright palace on high columns raised

Page No:

pp.43-56

Poem Title:

Ovid's Metamorphoses. Book II... The Story of Phaeton.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. Addison

Attributed To:

Joseph Addison

First Line:

The Latian nymphs came round him and amazed

Page No:

pp.56-58

Poem Title:

Phaeton's Sisters transformed into Trees.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. Addison

Attributed To:

Joseph Addison

First Line:

Cycnus beheld the nymphs transformed allied

Page No:

pp.58-59

Poem Title:

The Transformation of Cycnus into a Swan.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. Addison

Attributed To:

Joseph Addison

First Line:

The day was settled in its course and Jove

Page No:

pp.60-65

Poem Title:

The Story of Calisto.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. Addison

Attributed To:

Joseph Addison

First Line:

The raven once in snowy plumes was dressed

Page No:

pp.65-70

Poem Title:

The Story of Coronis, and Birth of Aesculapius.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. Addison

Attributed To:

Joseph Addison

First Line:

Old Chiron took the babe with secret joy

Page No:

pp.70-71

Poem Title:

Ocyrrhoe transform'd into a Mare.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. Addison

Attributed To:

Joseph Addison

First Line:

Sore wept the centaur and to Phoebus prayed

Page No:

pp.72-73

Poem Title:

The Transformation of Battus to a Touch-stone.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. Addison

Attributed To:

Joseph Addison

First Line:

This done the god flew up on high and passed

Page No:

pp.73-78

Poem Title:

The Story of Aglauros transform'd into a Statue.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. Addison

Attributed To:

Joseph Addison

First Line:

When now the god his fury had allayed

Page No:

pp.78-81

Poem Title:

Europa's Rape.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. Addison

Attributed To:

Joseph Addison

First Line:

When now Agenor had his daughter lost

Page No:

pp.85-92

Poem Title:

The Story of Cadmus.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. Addison

Attributed To:

Joseph Addison

First Line:

In a fair chase a shady mountain stood

Page No:

pp.92-95

Poem Title:

The Transformation of Actaeon into a Stag

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. Addison

Attributed To:

Joseph Addison

First Line:

Actaeon's sufferings and Diana's rage

Page No:

pp.96-99

Poem Title:

The Birth of Bacchus

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. Addison

Attributed To:

Joseph Addison

First Line:

Twas now while these transactions passed on earth

Page No:

pp.99-100

Poem Title:

The Transformation of Tiresias.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. Addison

Attributed To:

Joseph Addison

First Line:

Famed far and near for knowing things to come

Page No:

pp.100-102

Poem Title:

The Transformation of Echo.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. Addison

Attributed To:

Joseph Addison

First Line:

Thus did the nymphs in vain caress the boy

Page No:

pp.102-106

Poem Title:

The Story of Narcissus.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. Addison

Attributed To:

Joseph Addison

First Line:

This sad event gave blind Tiresias fame

Page No:

pp.107-109

Poem Title:

The Story of Pentheus.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. Addison

Attributed To:

Joseph Addison

First Line:

Him Pentheus viewed with fury in his look

Page No:

pp.109-114

Poem Title:

The Mariners transform'd to Dolphins.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. Addison

Attributed To:

Joseph Addison

First Line:

But Pentheus grown more furious than before

Page No:

pp.114-115

Poem Title:

The Death of Pentheus.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. Addison

Attributed To:

Joseph Addison

First Line:

Yet still Alcithoe perverse remains

Page No:

pp.119-122

Poem Title:

The Story of Alcithoe and her Sisters.

Attribution:

By Mr. Eusden

Attributed To:

Laurence Eusden

First Line:

In Babylon where first her Queen for state

Page No:

pp.122-128

Poem Title:

The Story of Pyramus and Thisbe.

Attribution:

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

Attributed To:

Laurence Eusden

First Line:

The sun the source of light by beauty's power

Page No:

pp.128-132

Poem Title:

The Story of Leucothoe and the Sun.

Attribution:

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

Attributed To:

Laurence Eusden

First Line:

Though guilty Clytie thus the sun betrayed

Page No:

pp.132-134

Poem Title:

The Transformation of Clytie.

Attribution:

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

Attributed To:

Laurence Eusden

First Line:

How Salmacis with weak enfeebling streams

Page No:

pp.134-138

Poem Title:

The Story of Salmacis and Hermaphroditus.

Attribution:

By Mr. Addison

Attributed To:

Joseph Addison

First Line:

But Mineus' daughters still their tasks pursue

Page No:

pp.138-139

Poem Title:

Alcithoe and her Sisters transform'd to Bats.

Attribution:

Continued by Mr. Eusden

Attributed To:

Laurence Eusden

First Line:

The power of Bacchus now over Thebes had flown

Page No:

pp.140-146

Poem Title:

The Transformation of Ino and Melicerta to Sea-Gods.

Attribution:

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

Attributed To:

Laurence Eusden

First Line:

The Theban matrons their loved Queen pursued

Page No:

pp.146-147

Poem Title:

The Transformation of the Theban Matrons.

Attribution:

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

Attributed To:

Laurence Eusden

First Line:

Mean time the wretched Cadmus mourns nor knows

Page No:

pp.147-149

Poem Title:

Cadmus and his Queen transform'd to Serpents.

Attribution:

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

Attributed To:

Laurence Eusden

First Line:

Yet though this harsh inglorious fate they found

Page No:

pp.149-150

Poem Title:

The Story of Perseus.

Attribution:

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

Attributed To:

Laurence Eusden

First Line:

Thence Perseus like a cloud by storms was driven

Page No:

pp.150-152

Poem Title:

Atlas transform'd to a Mountain.

Attribution:

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

Attributed To:

Laurence Eusden

First Line:

Now Aeolus had with strong chains confined

Page No:

pp.152-157

Poem Title:

Andromeda rescued from the Sea-Monster.

Attribution:

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

Attributed To:

Laurence Eusden

First Line:

The hero with his just request complies

Page No:

pp.157-159

Poem Title:

The Story of Medusa's Head.

Attribution:

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

Attributed To:

Laurence Eusden

First Line:

While Perseus entertained with this report

Page No:

pp.163-175

Poem Title:

The Story of Perseus continued.

Attribution:

Translated by Arthur Maynwaring, Esq

Attributed To:

Arthur Maynwaring

First Line:

Thus far Minerva was content to rove

Page No:

pp.176-177

Poem Title:

Minerva's Interview with the Muses.

Attribution:

Translated by Arthur Maynwaring, Esq

Attributed To:

Arthur Maynwaring

First Line:

Then one replies o goddess fit to guide

Page No:

pp.177-178

Poem Title:

The Fate of Pyreneus.

Attribution:

Translated by Arthur Maynwaring, Esq

Attributed To:

Arthur Maynwaring

First Line:

The muse yet spoke when they began to hear

Page No:

pp.179-180

Poem Title:

The Story of the Pierides.

Attribution:

Translated by Arthur Maynwaring, Esq

Attributed To:

Arthur Maynwaring

First Line:

Then rises one of the presumptuous throng

Page No:

pp.180

Poem Title:

The Song of the Pierides.

Attribution:

Translated by Arthur Maynwaring, Esq

Attributed To:

Arthur Maynwaring

First Line:

First Ceres taught the labouring hind to plow

Page No:

pp.181-183

Poem Title:

The Song of the Muses.

Attribution:

Translated by Arthur Maynwaring, Esq

Attributed To:

Arthur Maynwaring

First Line:

Near Enna's walls a spacious lake is spread

Page No:

pp.183-185

Poem Title:

The Rape of Proserpine.

Attribution:

Translated by Arthur Maynwaring, Esq

Attributed To:

Arthur Maynwaring

First Line:

But still does Cyane the rape bemoan

Page No:

pp.185-186

Poem Title:

Cyane dissolves to a Fountain.

Attribution:

Translated by Arthur Maynwaring, Esq

Attributed To:

Arthur Maynwaring

First Line:

Thus while through all the earth and all the main

Page No:

pp.186-190

Poem Title:

A Boy transform'd to an Eft.

Attribution:

Translated by Arthur Maynwaring, Esq

Attributed To:

Arthur Maynwaring

First Line:

The goddess now resolving to succeed

Page No:

pp.191-192

Poem Title:

The Transformation of Ascalaphus into an Owl.

Attribution:

Translated by Arthur Maynwaring, Esq

Attributed To:

Arthur Maynwaring

First Line:

Justly this punishment was due to him

Page No:

pp.192-193

Poem Title:

The Daughters of Achelous transform'd to Sirens.

Attribution:

Translated by Arthur Maynwaring, Esq

Attributed To:

Arthur Maynwaring

First Line:

Still were the purling waters and the maid

Page No:

pp.193-197

Poem Title:

The Story of Arethusa.

Attribution:

Translated by Arthur Maynwaring, Esq

Attributed To:

Arthur Maynwaring

First Line:

The youth over Europe and over Asia drives

Page No:

pp.197-198

Poem Title:

The Transformation of Lyncus.

Attribution:

Translated by Arthur Maynwaring, Esq

Attributed To:

Arthur Maynwaring

First Line:

The chosen muse here ends her sacred lays

Page No:

p.198.00

Poem Title:

The Pierides transform'd to Magpies.

Attribution:

Translated by Arthur Maynwaring, Esq

Attributed To:

Arthur Maynwaring

First Line:

Pallas attending to the muse's song

Page No:

pp.201-208

Poem Title:

The Transformation of Arachne into a Spider.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. Croxall

Attributed To:

Samuel Croxall

First Line:

Swift through the Phrygian towns the rumour flies

Page No:

pp.208-216

Poem Title:

The Story of Niobe.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. Croxall

Attributed To:

Samuel Croxall

First Line:

Widowed and childless lamentable state

Page No:

p.216

Poem Title:

The Transformation of Niobe.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. Croxall

Attributed To:

Samuel Croxall

First Line:

Then all reclaimed by this example showed

Page No:

pp.217-220

Poem Title:

The Peasants of Lycia transformed to Frogs.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. Croxall

Attributed To:

Samuel Croxall

First Line:

Scarce had the man this famous story told

Page No:

pp.220-221

Poem Title:

The Fate of Marsyas.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. Croxall

Attributed To:

Samuel Croxall

First Line:

From these relations straight the people turn

Page No:

p.221

Poem Title:

The Story of Pelops.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. Croxall

Attributed To:

Samuel Croxall

First Line:

To Thebes the neighbouring princes all repair

Page No:

pp.221-237

Poem Title:

The Story of Tereus, Procne, and Philomela.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. Croxall

Attributed To:

Samuel Croxall

First Line:

Erechtheus next the Athenian sceptre swayed

Page No:

pp.237-239

Poem Title:

Boreas in Love.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. Croxall

Attributed To:

Samuel Croxall