This new edition of Ovid's masterpiece is characterized by Guido Paduano's translation, which resumes, revised and with further improvements, the one that came out in 2000 in the Einaudian "Pléiade," already considered to be of absolute excellence. Paduano has written an introductory essay for the occasion that delves into the relationship between metamorphosis and death and analyzes the various types of transformation recounted by Ovid.