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  1. Metamorphoses
    Ovid
    Metamorphoses
    Ovid c. 8 CE

    This long poem, told here in prose, retells Greek and Roman myths of gods and people changed into animals, plants, and stars, from the creation of the world to Julius Caesar. Daphne becomes a laurel tree while fleeing Apollo.

    10h 8m reading time