At 01:48 PM 98-12-04 +0900, Wayne wrote: >Could some one please tell me where I might purchase a copy of what ep >called "possibly the most beautiful book in our language"? I mean >Golding's translation of Ovid. I have tried various net sites >(Amazon.com, abebooks.com, plus a rare book dealer) to no avail. > >For your information, the original title of the book is P. OVIDIUS NASO: >THE XV BOOKES ENTYTULED METAMORPHSIS. It was most recently published in >1965 by >Macmillan, ed. John Frederick Nims, and by the Univ. of Souther Illinois >in a volume called SHAKESPEARE'S OVID. > >Thank you. Lots of good replies on this one. My copy is a photocopy that I did years ago at the university of bc. It's safely tucked in it's file folder. If worse comes to worse... another internet book finding site to add to Carlo Parcelli's: www.interloc.com jim