Ovid’s Modern Metamorphoses

Ten contemporary reimaginings of Ovid’s iconic tales from Metamorphoses, with star-studded casts including Toby Jones, Shaun Dooley and Robert GlenisterLike Virgil and Homer, the Roman love poet Ovid has influenced writers past and present, with his witty, sexy tales inspiring authors from Shakespeare to Ezra Pound. Included here are ten scintillating retellings that take a fresh look at his classic works, viewing these ancient stories from a modern perspective.New Metamorphoses, themed around the topics of desire, seduction and transformation:In Zeus and Semele, by Sebastian Baczkiewicz, paparazzo Harry gets in over his head when he is welcomed into the glamorous world he feeds on.And in Hattie Naylor’s Echo and Narcissus, Mat joins a gym, while Debbie becomes mesmerised by the boy across the road.Myrrah by Colin Teevan sees a teenage girl gripped by a terrible passion,and in Callisto by Nick Warburton, a photographer faces a dilemma when he captures a photo he never intended to take.