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'Drawn on by his eagerness for the open sky, he left his guide and soared upwards...' Ovid tells the tales of Theseus and the Minotaur, Daedalus and Icarus, the Calydonian Boar-Hunt, and many other famous myths. Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions. Ovid (c.43 BCE-17 CE). Ovid's other works available in Penguin Classics are The Erotic Poems, Fasti, Heroides and Metamorphoses.
"Drawn on by his eagerness for the open sky, he left his guide and soared upwards..." The classic myth of gods, monsters, and mortals. Painting by Carlo Saraceni.
LaalaleighhOne of my favorite poems is The Musée de Beaux Arts by WH Auden. It's about a different painting depicting the fall of Icarus.7y
LaalaleighhI hope you like it! Make sure to google the painting it's about. The fall of Icarus. Landscape with the fall of Icarus by Peter Bruegher ther Elder. That way you'll get the context for the poem!7y
Brie@Laalaleighh Oh, awesome I've seen that painting before but never knew there was a poem written about it too.7y
LaalaleighhIt's pretty great. I think Oxford used it for their entrance interviews at one point.7y
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