Tales from Ovid

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Tales from Ovid is Ted Hughes’s acclaimed poetic retelling of stories from Ovid’s Metamorphoses, noted for its vivid, contemporary language and psychological intensity.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
poetry collection ⓘ
adaptationOf classical mythology ⓘ
author Ted Hughes ⓘ
awarded Whitbread Book of the Year (Poetry) shortlist ⓘ
basedOn Metamorphoses ⓘ
basedOnWorkBy Ovid ⓘ
containsWork poetic retellings of myths from Metamorphoses ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
criticalReception acclaimed ⓘ
genre classical adaptation ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
hasPart “Actaeon” retelling ⓘ
“Arachne” retelling ⓘ
“Bacchus” retelling ⓘ
“Baucis and Philemon” retelling ⓘ
“Ceyx and Alcyone” retelling ⓘ
“Echo and Narcissus” retelling ⓘ
“Hercules” retelling ⓘ
“Hermaphroditus” retelling ⓘ
“Io” retelling ⓘ
“Midas” retelling ⓘ
“Niobe” retelling ⓘ
“Orpheus” retelling ⓘ
“Pentheus” retelling ⓘ
“Phaedra” retelling ⓘ
“Phaethon” retelling ⓘ
“Procne” retelling ⓘ
“Psyche” retelling ⓘ
“Pygmalion” retelling ⓘ
“Pyramus and Thisbe” retelling ⓘ
“Tereus” retelling ⓘ
“Tiresias” retelling ⓘ
“Venus and Adonis” retelling ⓘ
hasStyle dramatic monologue elements ⓘ
modern idiom ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryForm verse retelling ⓘ
notableFor psychological intensity ⓘ
vivid contemporary language ⓘ
originalWorkLanguage Latin ⓘ
publicationYear 1997 ⓘ
publisher Faber and Faber ⓘ
sourceAuthor Ovid ⓘ
subject Greek mythology ⓘ
Roman mythology ⓘ
love ⓘ
metamorphosis ⓘ
power ⓘ
transformation ⓘ
violence ⓘ

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