# Metamorphoses (Howard Version)

An audiobook by Publius (Ovid) Ovidius Naso, read by LibriVox volunteers (12 h 5 min, English).

Translated from Latin into English blank verse, this classic Roman text gives an account of a series of fabulous episodes from creation through to Ovid's contemporary times, wherein changes in material forms have come to shape the world. The descriptive detail in this poem is graphic: battle scenes, brawls, grisly injuries and dismemberment, rape, incest, lycanthropy, abuse of power, the enduring power of love and fidelity, the beauty of nature, the inexorability of fate, are all there as a matrix and rationale for the endless parade of physical transformations. Said to be a major influence on Shakespeare. - Summary by Peter Tucker

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## Chapters

1. Book 1 Part 1 (24:20): https://archive.org/download/metamorphoses_howard_version_2303_librivox/metamorphoses_01_ovidiusnaso_64kb.mp3
2. Book 1 Part 2 (21:54): https://archive.org/download/metamorphoses_howard_version_2303_librivox/metamorphoses_02_ovidiusnaso_64kb.mp3
3. Book 2 Part 1 (32:06): https://archive.org/download/metamorphoses_howard_version_2303_librivox/metamorphoses_03_ovidiusnaso_64kb.mp3
4. Book 2 Part 2 (20:11): https://archive.org/download/metamorphoses_howard_version_2303_librivox/metamorphoses_04_ovidiusnaso_64kb.mp3
5. Book 3 Part 1 (21:24): https://archive.org/download/metamorphoses_howard_version_2303_librivox/metamorphoses_05_ovidiusnaso_64kb.mp3
6. Book 3 Part 2 (23:42): https://archive.org/download/metamorphoses_howard_version_2303_librivox/metamorphoses_06_ovidiusnaso_64kb.mp3
7. Book 4 Part 1 (27:59): https://archive.org/download/metamorphoses_howard_version_2303_librivox/metamorphoses_07_ovidiusnaso_64kb.mp3
8. Book 4 Part 2 (22:59): https://archive.org/download/metamorphoses_howard_version_2303_librivox/metamorphoses_08_ovidiusnaso_64kb.mp3
9. Book 5 Part 1 (20:42): https://archive.org/download/metamorphoses_howard_version_2303_librivox/metamorphoses_09_ovidiusnaso_64kb.mp3
10. Book 5 Part 2 (20:31): https://archive.org/download/metamorphoses_howard_version_2303_librivox/metamorphoses_10_ovidiusnaso_64kb.mp3
11. Book 6 Part 1 (25:33): https://archive.org/download/metamorphoses_howard_version_2303_librivox/metamorphoses_11_ovidiusnaso_64kb.mp3
12. Book 6 Part 2 (19:24): https://archive.org/download/metamorphoses_howard_version_2303_librivox/metamorphoses_12_ovidiusnaso_64kb.mp3
13. Book 7 Part 1 (26:23): https://archive.org/download/metamorphoses_howard_version_2303_librivox/metamorphoses_13_ovidiusnaso_64kb.mp3
14. Book 7 Part 2 (23:30): https://archive.org/download/metamorphoses_howard_version_2303_librivox/metamorphoses_14_ovidiusnaso_64kb.mp3
15. Book 8 Part 1 (27:44): https://archive.org/download/metamorphoses_howard_version_2303_librivox/metamorphoses_15_ovidiusnaso_64kb.mp3
16. Book 8 Part 2 (27:54): https://archive.org/download/metamorphoses_howard_version_2303_librivox/metamorphoses_16_ovidiusnaso_64kb.mp3
17. Book 9 Part 1 (26:48): https://archive.org/download/metamorphoses_howard_version_2303_librivox/metamorphoses_17_ovidiusnaso_64kb.mp3
18. Book 9 Part 2 (21:04): https://archive.org/download/metamorphoses_howard_version_2303_librivox/metamorphoses_18_ovidiusnaso_64kb.mp3
19. Book 10 Part 1 (25:47): https://archive.org/download/metamorphoses_howard_version_2303_librivox/metamorphoses_19_ovidiusnaso_64kb.mp3
20. Book 10 Part 2 (18:19): https://archive.org/download/metamorphoses_howard_version_2303_librivox/metamorphoses_20_ovidiusnaso_64kb.mp3
21. Book 11 Part 1 (24:54): https://archive.org/download/metamorphoses_howard_version_2303_librivox/metamorphoses_21_ovidiusnaso_64kb.mp3
22. Book 11 Part 2 (24:03): https://archive.org/download/metamorphoses_howard_version_2303_librivox/metamorphoses_22_ovidiusnaso_64kb.mp3
23. Book 12 Part 1 (19:11): https://archive.org/download/metamorphoses_howard_version_2303_librivox/metamorphoses_23_ovidiusnaso_64kb.mp3
24. Book 12 Part 2 (19:28): https://archive.org/download/metamorphoses_howard_version_2303_librivox/metamorphoses_24_ovidiusnaso_64kb.mp3
25. Book 13 Part 1 (26:09): https://archive.org/download/metamorphoses_howard_version_2303_librivox/metamorphoses_25_ovidiusnaso_64kb.mp3
26. Book 13 Part 2 (32:21): https://archive.org/download/metamorphoses_howard_version_2303_librivox/metamorphoses_26_ovidiusnaso_64kb.mp3
27. Book 14 Part 1 (26:14): https://archive.org/download/metamorphoses_howard_version_2303_librivox/metamorphoses_27_ovidiusnaso_64kb.mp3
28. Book 14 Part 2 (24:03): https://archive.org/download/metamorphoses_howard_version_2303_librivox/metamorphoses_28_ovidiusnaso_64kb.mp3
29. Book 15 Part 1 (26:56): https://archive.org/download/metamorphoses_howard_version_2303_librivox/metamorphoses_29_ovidiusnaso_64kb.mp3
30. Book 15 Part 2 (23:45): https://archive.org/download/metamorphoses_howard_version_2303_librivox/metamorphoses_30_ovidiusnaso_64kb.mp3