Excerpt from The Thirteenth Book the Metamorphoses of Ovid: With Introduction and Notes

Publius Ovidius Naso, born at Sulmo, B.C. 43, died at Tomi, A.D. 17, was one of the most prolific poets of his time. His works may be divided into three periods. In the first he treated of love, in the second he wrote on Greek mythology and Italian legends, in the third he laments his sufferings at Tomi, his place of exile on the Black Sea. The Metamorphoses belong to the second period, and, besides their intrinsic merit, are interesting as being, perhaps, the most complete system of Classical Mythology which we possess. The work covers the period from Chaos, when the earth was without form and void (rudis indigestaque moles, i. 7), to the transformation of Julius Caesar into a star, and the several tales of which it is composed are most ingeniously linked together, so as to form a connected chronological series.

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