Metamorphoses - Ovid's Mythological Transformations or Metamorphoses
Ovid's history of the world tells the stories of mythological figures who have undergone transformations; hence the title, Metamorphoses.
Paintings Through the Ages Inspired by Themes From Ovid's Met…
Paintings inspired by Ovid's Metamorphoses.
Paintings inspired by Ovid's Metamorphoses.
Metamorphoses
Public domain English translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses.
Public domain English translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses.
Tiresias - Ovid's Metamorphoses
In the Metamorphoses (of Transformations) if Ovid, one of Midusmmer Night's Dream-like stories within a story is about the fulfillment of the transgendered blind seer Tiresias' prophecies.
In the Metamorphoses (of Transformations) if Ovid, one of Midusmmer Night's Dream-like stories within a story is about the fulfillment of the transgendered blind seer Tiresias' prophecies.
Narcissus and Echo in Ovid's Metamorphoses
Narcissus and Echo. In Ovids' Metamorphoses, Tiresias warns about the dangers of letting Narcissus get to know himself.
Narcissus and Echo. In Ovids' Metamorphoses, Tiresias warns about the dangers of letting Narcissus get to know himself.
Dionysus and Pentheus
Tiresias tried to warn Pentheus, but the king wanted nothing to do with gods or prophets and so Pentheus wound up being mistaken for a wild animal and torn to pieces.
Tiresias tried to warn Pentheus, but the king wanted nothing to do with gods or prophets and so Pentheus wound up being mistaken for a wild animal and torn to pieces.
Narcissus and Echo
Narcissus' mother couldn't figure out Tiresias' warning about her son. The seer told her the boy would live a long life as long as he didn't get to know himself. Echo pined away for love of the beautiful lad.
Narcissus' mother couldn't figure out Tiresias' warning about her son. The seer told her the boy would live a long life as long as he didn't get to know himself. Echo pined away for love of the beautiful lad.
The Story Within the Story
Shakespeare owed a debt to Ovid's Metamorphoses in his Midsummer Night's Dream.
Shakespeare owed a debt to Ovid's Metamorphoses in his Midsummer Night's Dream.
Ovid's Metamorphoses - Tiresias
Tiresias lost his sight and gained his prophetic skills at the same time -- when he used his transgendering experiences to settle an argument between Jupiter and Juno.
Tiresias lost his sight and gained his prophetic skills at the same time -- when he used his transgendering experiences to settle an argument between Jupiter and Juno.
Bulfinch - Apollo and Daphne - Metamorphoses
Ovid-based stories of Apollo and Daphne, Pyramus and Thisbe and Cephalus and Procris in Bullfinch.
Ovid-based stories of Apollo and Daphne, Pyramus and Thisbe and Cephalus and Procris in Bullfinch.
Metamorphoses
The Latin text of Ovid's Metamorphoses.
The Latin text of Ovid's Metamorphoses.
Implicit Patterns in Ovid's Metamorphoses
An online concordance to discover patterns in Ovid's Metamorphoses, a work in which "Ovid has paid much less regard to smooth, logical transition between stories than to complex repetition of themes and images, even to extensive wordplay."
An online concordance to discover patterns in Ovid's Metamorphoses, a work in which "Ovid has paid much less regard to smooth, logical transition between stories than to complex repetition of themes and images, even to extensive wordplay."
New Library of Renaissance Source Materials
Sources used by Shakespeare for his plays include Ovid's Fasti and Metamorphoses.
Sources used by Shakespeare for his plays include Ovid's Fasti and Metamorphoses.
Ovid's Metamorphoses
Perseus' browsable version of Ovid's Metamorphoses.
Perseus' browsable version of Ovid's Metamorphoses.
Metamorphoses Outline
A book-by-book outline of Ovid's Metamorphoses.
A book-by-book outline of Ovid's Metamorphoses.