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Invocation
Invocation of 11. Read it here for reference, or continue through the entire work without leaving the reader.
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In nova fert animus mutatas dicere formascorpora; di, coeptis (nam vos mutastis et illas)adspirate meis primaque ab origine mundiad mea perpetuum deducite tempora carmen!
Mouseia
Mouseia’s complete machine-assisted Musean translation, made directly from all 780 hexameter lines of Book I for fidelity, Ovidian wit, narrative speed, and cadence.
My mind is bent to tell of bodies changed into new forms. You gods — for you changed those as well — breathe favor on these beginnings of mine, and from the world's first origin lead my unbroken song down to my own times!
Mouseia
Mouseia’s complete Plain English edition, made independently and directly from all 780 hexameter lines of Book I.
My intention is to tell of bodies changed into different forms. You gods, who made those changes, favor my undertaking — and, from the very beginning of the world, carry my story down in one unbroken line to my own time.