Metamorphoses
By P. Ovidius Naso
Edited by: Brookes More

Boston Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922



Perseus Documents Collection Table of Contents



Funded by The Annenberg CPB/Project

Table of Contents

First Page

    Invocatio.
    INVOCATION
    THE CREATION
    Mundi origo.
    Quattuor aetates. Gigantes.
    THE FOUR AGES
    GIANTS
    Lycaon.
    LYCAON CHANGED TO A WOLF
    THE DELUGE
    Diluvium. Deucalion et Pyrrha.
    Python.
    THE PYTHIAN GAMES
    Daphne.
    DAPHNE AND PHOEBUS
    Io. Argus. Syrinx.
    IO AND JUPITER
    Phaethon.

Book 2
    PHAETHON AND PHOEBUS
    Callisto.
    CALISTO AND JUPITER
    Corvus. Coronis. Cornix. Ocyroe.
    CORONIS AND PHOEBUS
    OCYROE AND AESCULAPIUS
    Battus.
    BATTUS AND MERCURY
    Aglauros. Invidia.
    AGLAUROS AND MERCURY
    Europa.
    EUROPA AND JUPITERTHE HOUSE OF CADMUS

Book 3
    Cadmus.
    CADMUS AND THE DRAGONTHE HOUSE OF CADMUS
    ACTAEONTHE HOUSE OF CADMUS
    Actaeon.
    Semele.
    SEMELE AND JUPITERTHE HOUSE OF CADMUS
    Tiresias.
    TIRESIASBLINDPROPHECIES
    Narcissus. Echo.
    NARCISSUS AND ECHOTHE HOUSE OF CADMUS
    NARCISSUS
    Pentheus.
    PENTHEUS AND BACCHUS

Book 4
    Minyeides.
    THE DAUGHTERS OF KING MINYAS TRANSFORMED TO BATS
    Pyramus et Thisbe.
    PYRAMUS AND THISBE
    Venus et Mars. Leucothoe. Clytie.
    MARS AND VENUS
    LEUCOTHEA AND CLYTIE
    Salmacis.
    HERMAPHRODITUS
    Athamas et Ino.
    ATHAMAS AND INO
    Cadmus et Harmonia.
    CADMUS AND HARMONIA
    Perseus. Atlas. Andromeda.
    PERSEUS AND ATLAS
    PERSEUS AND ANDROMEDA

Book 5
    BATTLE OF THE WEDDING FEASTPERSEUS AND ANDROMEDA
    Hippocrene. Pierides.
    THE NINE MUSES AND MINERVA
    THE NINE MUSES AND PYRENAEUS
    THE NINE MUSES AND THE NINE MAGPIES
    Ceres et Proserpina.
    CALLIOPE SINGS OF CERES, PLUTO AND PROSERPINE
    Arethusa.
    CALLIOPE SINGS OF ARETHUSA AND ALPHEUS
    CALLIOPE SINGS OF TRIPTOLEMUS AND LYNCUS
    THE NINE OPPONENTS OF THE NINE MUSES CHANGED TO MAGPIES

Book 6
    Pallas et Arachne.
    ARACHNE AND MINERVA
    Niobe.
    NIOBE
    Agrestes Lycii.
    RUSTICS CHANGED TO FROGS
    Marsyas. Pelops.
    MARSYAS
    PELOPS
    Procne et Philomela.
    TEREUS AND PHILOMELA
    Boreas. Zetes et Calais.
    ORITHYIA AND BOREAS

Book 7
    Iason et Medea.
    JASON AND MEDEA
    Aeson.
    REJUVENATION OF AESON
    Pelias.
    MEDEA AND PELIAS
    Medeae fuga.
    MEDEA AND AEGEUS
    Theseus.
    THE MYRMIDONS
    Aeacus. Pestilentia. Myrmidones.
    Cephalus et Procris.
    CEPHALUS AND PROCRIS

Book 8
    Nisus et Scylla.
    KING MINOS AND SCYLLA
    Labyrinthus. Ariadnes corona.
    MINOS AND THE MINOTAUR
    Daedalus et Icarus. Perdix.
    DAEDALUS AND ICARUS
    Aper Calydonius. Meleager.
    ATALANTA AND MELEAGER
    ALTHAEA AND THE DEATH OF MELEAGER
    Theseus apud Acheloum. Perimele.
    PERIMELA AND ACHELOUS
    Philemon et Baucis.
    BAUCIS AND PHILEMON
    Erysichthon. Fames.
    PROTEUS
    ERYSICHTHON AND MESTRA

Book 9
    Achelous et Hercules.
    HERCULES AND ACHELOUS
    Nessus. Herculis mors.
    NESSUS AND THE DEATH OF HERCULES
    Alcmene et Galanthis.
    GALANTHIS
    Dryope. Iolaus.
    DRYOPE
    IOLAUS
    Byblis.
    BYBLIS AND CAUNUS
    Iphis.
    IPHIS AND IANTHE

Book 10
    Orpheus et Eurydice.
    ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE
    Arbores motae. Cyparissus.
    ATTIS
    CYPARISSUS
    Ganymedes. Hyacinthus.
    GANYMEDE
    HYACINTHUS
    Cerastae et Propoetides.
    THE CERASTAE AND PROPOETIDES
    Pygmalion.
    PYGMALION AND THE STATUE
    Myrrha.
    MYRRHA TRANSFORMED TO A TREE
    Venus et Adonis. Atalanta.
    ATALANTA
    ADONIS TRANSFORMED

Book 11
    Orphei mors.
    DEATH OF ORPHEUS
    Midas aureus.
    BACCHUS AND MIDAS
    Midae aures.
    THE MUSICAL CONTEST OF PAN AND APOLLO
    Laomedon. Hesione.
    HESIONE
    Peleus et Thetis.
    PELEUS AND THETIS. BIRTH OF ACHILLES.
    Peleus apud Ceycem.
    DAEDALION CHANGED TO A HAWK
    PELEUS AND THE WOLF
    Ceyx et Alcyone. Somnus.
    CEYX AND HALCYONE
    Aesacos.
    HESPERIA AND AESACUS

Book 12
    Graeci Aulide. Fama.
    EVENTS IN AULIS
    THE HOUSE OF FAME AND THE TROJAN CYGNUS
    Achilles et Cygnus.
    Caeneus.
    CAENEUS TRANSFORMED INTO A BIRD
    Centaurorum et Lapitharum pugna.
    Periclymenus.
    PERICLYMENUS IN COMBAT WITH HERCULES
    THE DEATH OF ACHILLES
    Achillis mors.

Book 13
    Armorum iudicium. Aiax.
    AJAX AND ULYSSES
    Hecuba.
    HECUBA TRANSFORMED
    Memnon.
    THE BIRDS OF MEMNON
    Aeneas apud Anium. Scylla.
    DAUGHTERS OF ANIUS TRANSFORMED
    GALATEA AND POLYPHEMUS
    Acis et Galatea. Polyphemus.
    Glaucus.
    GLAUCUS TRANSFORMED TO A SEA GOD

Book 14
    Scylla et Circe.
    SCYLLA TRANSFORMED TO A ROCK
    Cercopes.
    THE CERCOPES TRANSFORMED TO APES
    Sibylla.
    THE SIBYL BECOMES GRAY AND DECREPIT
    Achaemenides apud Polyphemum.
    ULYSSES WITH POLYPHEMUS AND CIRCE
    Macareus. Ulixes et Circe.
    PICUS AND CANENS
    Picus et Canens.
    Diomedis socii. Oleaster.
    DIOMED'S FOLLOWERS TRANSFORMED
    METAMORPHOSES RELATED TO AENEAS
    Aeneae naves. Ardea.
    Aeneas Indiges.
    Pomona et Vertumnus. Anaxarete.
    VERTUMNUS AND POMONA
    ANAXARETE TRANSFORMED
    Romulus et Hersilia.
    TALES ABOUT ROMULUS

Book 15
    Myscelus. Croton.
    MYSCELUS BUILDS THE CITY OF CROTONA
    Pythagoras.
    PYTHAGORAS TEACHES HIS PHILOSOPHY
    Egeria. Hippolytus.
    EGERIA CHANGED INTO A FOUNTAIN
    Tages. Cipus.
    CIPPUS WITH HORNS
    Aesculapius.
    AESCULAPIUS BROUGHT TO ROME
    Divus Iulius.
    JULIUS CAESAR, TRANSFORMED TO A STAR