Ovid's Metamorphoses in fifteen books, translated by the most eminent hands [T99153] [Vol.1]

DMI number:

603

Publication Date:

1751

Volume Number:

1 of 2

ESTC number:

T99153

EEBO/ECCO link:

CB130807605

Shelfmark:

BL 237.c.3

Full Title:

[i]OVID[/i]'’s | METAMORPHOSES, | In FIFTEEN BOOKS. | Translated by | [2 cols.] [col. 1][i]Mr[/i]. Dryden. | [i]Mr.[/i] Addison. | [i]Dr.[/i] Garth. | [i]Mr.[/i] Mainwaring.| [i]Mr.[/i] Congreve.[/col.1] [col. 2][i]Mr.[/i] Rowe. | [i]Mr.[/i] Pope. | [i]Mr.[/i] Gay. | [i]Mr.[/i] Eusden. | [i]Mr.[/i] Croxall.[/col.2] | [i]And other[/i] EMINENT HANDS. | [rule] | [i]Publish’d by Sir[/i] SAMUEL GARTH, [i]M. D[/i]. | [rule] | Adorn’'d with SCULPTURES. | [rule] | VOLUME [i]the[/i] FIRST. | [rule] |The FIFTH EDITION. | [double rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed for J. And R. TONSON and S. DRAPER | in the [i]Strand[/i]. | [rule]. | MDCCLI.

Place of Publication:

London

Format:

Duodecimo

Pagination:

[12], [i]-lii, [4], [1]-[227], [1] (p.227 mispaginated '27').

Bibliographic details:

5th edition. p.3 unpaginated.

Comments:

CONTENTS: Preface and translations of Ovid's Metamorphoses (Books I-XV) by various hands. PLATES: Frontispiece and facing sig.A4 and pp.[1], [39], [79], [111], [153], [189]. All unsigned.

Other matter:

PREFATORY MATERIAL: Engraved frontispiece; title-page; engraved dedicatory plate to the Princess of Wales; dedicatory epistle to Princess of Wales signed S.Garth (sigs.A4r-A8r); preface (pp.[i]-lii); table of contents (sigs.C11r-C12v).

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.1-5

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.5-6

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.6-7

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.7-8

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.7

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.8-21

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.22-27

Poem Title:

The Transformation of Daphne into a Lawrel.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. John Dryden

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

An ancient forest in Thessalia grows

Page No:

pp.27-32

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.32-33

Poem Title:

The Eyes of Argus Transform'd 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.33-38

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.40-52

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.52-54

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.54-55

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.56-61

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.61-65

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.66-67

Poem Title:

Ocyroe 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.68-69

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.69-74

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.74-77

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.79-86

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.86-89

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.90-93

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.93-94

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.95-96

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.96-101

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.101-103

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.103-108

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.108-109

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.111-114

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.114-120

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.120-124

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.124-126

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.126-130

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.130-131

Poem Title:

Alcithoe and her Sisters transform'd to Bats.

Attribution:

Continu'd by Mr. Eusden

Attributed To:

Laurence Eusden

First Line:

The power of Bacchus now over Thebes had flown

Page No:

pp.132-138

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.138-139

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.139-141

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.141-142

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.142-144

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.144-149

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.149-151

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.153-165

Poem Title:

The Story of Perseus continu'd.

Attribution:

Translated by Arthur Maynwaring, Esq

Attributed To:

Arthur Maynwaring

First Line:

Thus far Minerva was content to rove

Page No:

pp.166-167

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.167-168

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.169-170

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.170-171

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.171-173

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.173-175

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.175-176

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.176-180

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.180-181

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.181-183

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.183-186

Poem Title:

The Story of Arethusa.

Attribution:

Translated by Arthur Maynwaring, Esq

Attributed To:

Arthur Maynwaring

First Line:

The chosen muse here ends her sacred lays

Page No:

pp.187-188

Poem Title:

The Pierides transform'd to Magpies.

Attribution:

Translated by Arthur Maynwaring, Esq

Attributed To:

Arthur Maynwaring

First Line:

The youth over Europe and over Asia drives

Page No:

p.187

Poem Title:

The Transformation of Lyncus.

Attribution:

Translated by Arthur Maynwaring, Esq

Attributed To:

Arthur Maynwaring

First Line:

Pallas attending to the muse's song

Page No:

pp.189-196

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.196-204

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.204

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.205-208

Poem Title:

The Peasants of Lycia transform'd to Frogs.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. Croxall

Attributed To:

Samuel Croxall

First Line:

Scarce had the man this famous story told

Page No:

pp.208-209

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.209

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.209-225

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.225-27 [i.e. 227]

Poem Title:

Boreas in Love.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. Croxall

Attributed To:

Samuel Croxall