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====Retellings, adaptations, and translations of Ovidian works==== [[File:Ex P. Ovidii Nasonis Metamorphoseon libris XV.tif|thumb|''Metamorphoses'', 1618]] * (1609) ''[[The Wisdom of the Ancients]]'', a retelling and interpretation of Ovidian fables by [[Francis Bacon]] * (1767) ''[[Apollo et Hyacinthus]]'', an early opera by [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]] * (1916) ''Ovid's Metamorphoses Vols 1–2'' translation by Frank Justus Miller * (1926) ''[[Orpheus (play)|Orphée]]'', a play by [[Jean Cocteau]], retelling of the [[Orpheus]] myth from the [[metamorphoses (poem)|''Metamorphoses'']] * (1938) ''[[Daphne (opera)|Daphne]]'', an opera by [[Richard Strauss]] * (1949) ''[[Orpheus (film)|Orphée]]'', a film by [[Jean Cocteau]] based on his 1926 play, retelling of the [[Orpheus]] myth from the [[metamorphoses (poem)|''Metamorphoses'']] * (1978) ''Ovid's Metamorphoses (Translation in Blank Verse)'', by Brookes More * (1978) ''Ovid's Metamorphoses in European Culture (Commentary)'', by [[Wilmon Brewer]] * (1991) ''[[The Last World]]'' by [[Christoph Ransmayr]] * (1997) ''[[Polaroid Stories]]'' by [[Naomi Iizuka]], a retelling of ''Metamorphoses'', with urchins and drug addicts as the gods. * (1994) ''[[After Ovid: New Metamorphoses]]'' edited by [[Michael Hofmann]] and [[James Lasdun]] is an anthology of contemporary poetry envisioning Ovid's ''Metamorphoses'' * (1997) ''[[Tales from Ovid]]'' by [[Ted Hughes]] is a modern poetic translation of twenty four passages from ''Metamorphoses'' * (2000) ''[[Ovid Metamorphosed]]'' edited by [[Phil Terry]], a short story collection retelling several of Ovid's [[fable]]s * (2002) An adaptation of ''Metamorphoses'' of the [[Metamorphoses (play)|same name]] by [[Mary Zimmerman]] was performed at the [[Circle in the Square Theatre]]<ref>[http://www.talkinbroadway.com/world/Metamorphoses.html TalkinBroadway.com<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050122095529/http://www.talkinbroadway.com/world/Metamorphoses.html |date=22 January 2005 }}, Review: Metamorphoses</ref> * (2006) [[Patricia Barber]]'s song cycle, ''[[Mythologies]]'' * (2008) Tristes Pontiques, translated from Latin by [[Marie Darrieussecq]] * (2011) A stage adaptation of ''Metamorphoses'' by [[Peter Bramley (director)|Peter Bramley]], entitled ''Ovid's Metamorphoses'' was performed by Pants on Fire, presented by the [[Carol Tambor Theatrical Foundation]] at the [[The Flea Theater|Flea Theater]] in New York City and toured the United Kingdom * (2012) "The Song of Phaethon", a [[post-rock]]/[[musique concrète]] song written and performed by Ian Crause (former leader of [[Disco Inferno (band)|Disco Inferno]]) in Greek epic style, based on a ''Metamorphoses'' tale (as recounted in Hughes' ''[[Tales from Ovid]]'') and drawing parallels between mythology and current affairs * (2013) [[Clare Pollard]], ''Ovid's Heroines'' (''Bloodaxe''), new poetic version of ''[[Heroides]]'' * (2014) [[Christophe Honoré]], "Métamorphoses", a film adaptation of the eponymous poem in a contemporary French setting * (2019) [[Nina MacLaughlin]], ''Wake, Siren: Ovid Resung'' is a novel that reimagines the Metamorphoses from the perspective of the female characters
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