Ovid: The Classic Text: Traditions and Interpretations

Resist beginnings; the prescription comes too late when the disease has gained strength by long delays. (Remedia Amores, l. 91)

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Ovid Text

Ovid, 43 B.C. - 17 or 18 A.D.
Publii Ovidii Nasonis Metamorphosean, Libri XV. Amsterdam: Ioannem Blaeu, 1668.
Call Number: (RARE) PA 6519 .M2 1668
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Blaeu is a publisher known mostly for his atlases and work in map reproduction. This edition by him follows partly in the Aldine tradition of octavo, italic editions, and includes commentary by Thomas Farnabii.

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