2/5: Whaddya know, a Norman fabrication meant to galvanize Franks to crusade, as if historical facts should not have been enough for them. No, the appeal is to true chauvinists: limited in defensibili...

Sorry but I'm not going to be finishing this one: if you're in a rush and want to tick a bunch of Arthurian legends off your reading list this edition is highly functional and would be perfect for you...

4/5: For whatever reason, translations of this 325-line fragment are priced insanely high, with my edition coming in at over 16 dollars on half-off sale (the competition? Try $132). On the other hand,...

4/5: A non-fragmentary edition of the mythic Mesopotamian epic I love that is more up-to-date than the Penguin Epics edition if not quite as ineffable.

3/5: Great art--probably not. Still funny--yes.

3/5: Charming and entertaining, as opposed to epic and I believe Alexander's soul is still searching for a Homer.

5/5: Now these are people who know how to translate

5/5: I consider Ovid's choice to write an epic about change as a stylistic and thematic one, rather than heavily symbolic--the myths alone carry that weight. Across the pages, human feelings swirl and...