The Metamorphoses is a Latin narrative poem comprised of over 250 myths. The poem chronicles the history of the world from its creation to the deification of Julius Caesar within a loose mythico-historical framework. The Metamorphoses is one of the most influential works in Western culture, it has inspired such authors as Dante Alighieri, Giovanni Boccaccio, Geoffrey Chaucer, and William Shakespeare. Numerous episodes from the poem have been depicted in acclaimed works of sculpture, painting, and music.
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Ovid. Metamorphoses
Metamorphoses
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
A SYNOPTICAL VIEW OF THE PRINCIPAL TRANSFORMATIONS MENTIONED IN THE METAMORPHOSES. BOOK I
BOOK II
BOOK III
BOOK IV
BOOK V
BOOK VI
BOOK VII
BOOK VIII
BOOK IX
BOOK X
BOOK XI
BOOK XII
BOOK XIII
BOOK XIV
BOOK XV
BOOK THE FIRST
THE ARGUMENT
FABLE I
EXPLANATION
FABLE II
EXPLANATION
FABLE III
EXPLANATION
FABLE IV
EXPLANATION
FABLE V
EXPLANATION
FABLE VI
EXPLANATION
FABLE VII
EXPLANATION
FABLE VIII
EXPLANATION
FABLE IX
EXPLANATION
FABLE X
EXPLANATION
FABLE XI
EXPLANATION
FABLE XII
EXPLANATION
FABLE XIII
EXPLANATION
FABLE XIV
EXPLANATION
FABLE XV
EXPLANATION
FABLE XVI
EXPLANATION
FABLE XVII
EXPLANATION
BOOK THE SECOND
FABLE I
EXPLANATION
FABLE II
FABLE III
FABLE IV
EXPLANATION
FABLE V
FABLES VI AND VII
EXPLANATION
FABLE VIII
EXPLANATION
FABLE IX
EXPLANATION
FABLE X
FABLE XI
EXPLANATION
FABLE XII
EXPLANATION
FABLE XIII
EXPLANATION
FABLE XIV
EXPLANATION
BOOK THE THIRD
FABLE I
EXPLANATION
FABLE II
EXPLANATION
FABLE III
EXPLANATION
FABLE IV
EXPLANATION
FABLE V
FABLE VI
EXPLANATION
FABLE VII
EXPLANATION
FABLE VIII
EXPLANATION
BOOK THE FOURTH
FABLE I
EXPLANATION
FABLE II
EXPLANATION
FABLE III
EXPLANATION
FABLE IV
EXPLANATION
FABLE V
EXPLANATION
FABLE VI
FABLE VII
EXPLANATION
FABLE VIII
EXPLANATION
FABLE IX
EXPLANATION
FABLE X
EXPLANATION
BOOK THE FIFTH
FABLE I
EXPLANATION
FABLE II
EXPLANATION
FABLE III
EXPLANATION
FABLE IV
EXPLANATION
FABLE V
EXPLANATION
FABLE VI
EXPLANATION
FABLE VII
EXPLANATION
BOOK THE SIXTH
FABLE I
EXPLANATION
FABLE II
EXPLANATION
FABLE III
EXPLANATION
FABLE IV
EXPLANATION
FABLE V
EXPLANATION
FABLE VI
EXPLANATION
FABLE VII
EXPLANATION
BOOK THE SEVENTH
FABLE I
EXPLANATION
FABLE II
EXPLANATION
FABLE III
EXPLANATION
FABLE IV
EXPLANATION
FABLE V
EXPLANATION
FABLE VI
EXPLANATION
FABLE VII
EXPLANATION
FABLE VIII
EXPLANATION
BOOK THE EIGHTH
FABLE I
EXPLANATION
FABLE II
EXPLANATION
FABLE III
EXPLANATION
FABLE IV
EXPLANATION
FABLE V
EXPLANATION
FABLE VI
EXPLANATION
FABLE VII
EXPLANATION
BOOK THE NINTH
FABLE I
EXPLANATION
FABLE II
EXPLANATION
FABLE III
EXPLANATION
FABLE IV
EXPLANATION
FABLE V
EXPLANATION
FABLE VI
EXPLANATION
BOOK THE TENTH
FABLE I
EXPLANATION
FABLE II
EXPLANATION
FABLE III
EXPLANATION
FABLE IV
EXPLANATION
FABLE V
EXPLANATION
FABLE VI
EXPLANATION
FABLE VII
EXPLANATION
FABLE VIII
EXPLANATION
FABLE IX
EXPLANATION
FABLE X
EXPLANATION
BOOK THE ELEVENTH
FABLE I
EXPLANATION
FABLE II
EXPLANATION
FABLE III
EXPLANATION
FABLE IV
EXPLANATION
FABLES V. AND VI
EXPLANATION
FABLE VII
EXPLANATION
FABLE VIII
EXPLANATION
BOOK THE TWELFTH
FABLES I. AND II
EXPLANATION
FABLES III. AND IV
EXPLANATION
FABLES V. AND VI
EXPLANATION
BOOK THE THIRTEENTH
FABLE I
EXPLANATION
FABLES III. AND IV
EXPLANATION
FABLES V. AND VI
EXPLANATION
FABLE VII
EXPLANATION
FABLE VIII
EXPLANATION
BOOK THE FOURTEENTH
FABLE I
EXPLANATION
FABLE II
EXPLANATION
FABLE III
EXPLANATION
FABLE IV
EXPLANATION
FABLE V
EXPLANATION
FABLE VI
EXPLANATION
FABLES VII. AND VIII
EXPLANATION
FABLES IX. AND X
EXPLANATION
FABLE XI
EXPLANATION
FABLES XII. AND XIII
EXPLANATION
BOOK THE FIFTEENTH
FABLE I
EXPLANATION
FABLES II. AND III
EXPLANATION
FABLES IV. V. AND VI
EXPLANATION
FABLE VII
EXPLANATION
FABLE VIII
EXPLANATION
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50 The folds of his robe.]—Ver. 267. ‘Rorant pennæ sinusque,’ is quaintly translated by Clarke, ‘his wings and the plaits of his coat drop.’
51 Iris.]—Ver. 271. The mention of Iris, the goddess of the rainbow, in connection with the flood of Deucalion, cannot fail to remind us of the ‘bow set in the cloud, for a token of the covenant between God and the earth,’ on the termination of Noah’s flood.—Gen. x. 14.
