Excerpt from The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidius Naso Lastly, I have, on consideration, resolved not to en cumber the book with notes. Ovid assumes so much knowledge, mythological, historical, geographical, and genealogical, on the part of his readers, that to explain his innumerable undeveloped allusions fully to the mere-english student, would necessitate the trans lation of half the notes of the Delphin Commentators. And, whether rightly or wrongly, I am under the im pression that the large majority of those who will take any interest in my book, will be persons already not unfamiliar with classical literature, and more or less able to supply from memory such explanations as notes would contain. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.