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In Transcriber’s Notes, references to Clarke are from the third edition (1752).]
The
METAMORPHOSES
of
OVID.
Literally Translated into English Prose, with Copious Notes and Explanations,
BY HENRY T. RILEY, B.A. of Clare Hall, Cambridge.
LONDON:
GEORGE BELL & SONS, YORK ST., COVENT GARDEN, AND NEW YORK.
1893.
LONDON:
Reprinted from the Stereotype Plates by Wm. Clowes & Sons, Ltd., Stamford Street and Charing Cross.
[The Introduction is included here for completeness, omitting the Synopses of Books I-VII.]