Reading Notes- Metamorphosis: Pygmalion

This piece interested me because I love Greek mythology. Given that it was written during the time of the Roman Empire, and later translated, the wording was a bit odd. While writing or speaking in the authentic dialect can be quite fun, I feel the best part of writing a story based on tales like these would be getting to rewrite the parts in the modern vernacular. Ovid, the author, was very detailed in his descriptions of the statue-turned-woman. That level of imagery is definitely something I will strive for in my own pieces. Some of the transition phrasings, however, make it sound like the reader missed the beginning part of the piece.

Marble Statue Woman White Veil
Source: Max Pixel

Story Referenced: Ovid's Metamorphoses, translated by Tony Kline (2000).

Exploring the Reading Options

Looking at the UnTextbook, the three categories that jumped out at me the most were:

1. Brothers Grimm

Stories from four different collections of the Brothers Grimm's stories are available, and I'm a sucker for a good fairytale. Although something tells me it won't be quite like the Disney versions. The sub-groups are Ashliman, Crane, Hunt, and LibriVox.

2. Italian Popular Tales

I'm taking my third semester of Italian right now, so it should be fun to learn more about the culture while learning the language.

Italian stories will always be second to Italian food.
Source: Pixnio

3. Myths of the Cherokee

As with the Italian tales, I love learning about other cultures! Plus, I almost feel obligated to explore the people who initially settled in the Oklahoma area since I didn't grow up learning about it.

**Shout out to Blogger for automatically saving a draft of this right before my dumb self closed the tab without publishing!**