A review by jer_is_reading
The Metamorphoses by Ovid

3.0

This was arduous book to complete because it is a continuum of countless mythological tales that all run together. That being said it is worth the read to experience the gems that are there to be had. For myself, the best chapter/book was XI, not only did it include a fantastic rendition of a ship being destroyed at sea by storm with a loss of all hands, It references Cimmeria as Robert E. Howard used for Conan. "The Cimmerians were a legendary people living either beyond the Atlantic in the uttermost West or north of the Black Sea" (Endnotes, Book XI). There is little doubt that these are the same legendary people that he envisioned as being his hero's race. It was exciting to come across a classic literary reference that could have inspired one of my favorite authors.