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'Drawn on by his eagerness for the open sky, he left his guide and soared upwards...'

Ovid tells the tales of Theseus and the Minotaur, Daedalus and Icarus, the Calydonian Boar-Hunt, and many other famous myths.

Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions.

Ovid (c.43 BCE-17 CE). Ovid's other works available in Penguin Classics are The Erotic Poems, Fasti, Heroides and Metamorphoses.

Book details

Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Literature: history & criticism Literary studies: poetry & poets

• Full title: The Fall of Icarus
• Author: Ovid
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 64
• EAN: 9780141398679
• ISBN: 0141398671
• ID: 05339603
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Weight: 54 g
• Dimensions: 160 × 110 × 6 mm
• Date of publishing: 25. February 2015

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