Ovid’s Metamorphoses

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Ovid’s Metamorphoses is a Latin narrative poem composed of mythological and legendary tales linked by the theme of transformation, which became one of the most influential works in Western literature.

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instanceOf Latin narrative poem
classical Latin literature work
epic poem
approximateCompletionDate 8 CE
associatedWith Augustus
surface form: Emperor Augustus
author Ovid
canonicalStatus major classic of Western literature
closingEpisode deification of Julius Caesar
compositionPeriod early 1st century CE
containsEpisode story of Arachne
story of Baucis and Philemon
Icarus
surface form: story of Daedalus and Icarus

Apollo and Daphne
surface form: story of Daphne and Apollo

story of Narcissus and Echo
myth of Orpheus and Eurydice
surface form: story of Orpheus and Eurydice

story of Perseus and Andromeda
Philomela
surface form: story of Philomela

Pygmalion and the Image series
surface form: story of Pygmalion

Pyramus
surface form: story of Pyramus and Thisbe

story of the flood of Deucalion and Pyrrha
containsMythsFrom Greek mythology
Greco-Roman mythology
surface form: Roman mythology
genre epic poetry
mythological narrative
hasEnglishTitle Ovid’s Metamorphoses self-linksurface differs
surface form: Metamorphoses
hasTitleInLatin Metamorphōsēs
influenceOn Baroque painting
Dante Alighieri
European Renaissance literature
Geoffrey Chaucer
John Milton
Western visual arts
William Shakespeare
opera
literaryForm dactylic hexameter
literaryPeriod Augustan age
narrativePerspective third-person
notableFeature complex narrative framing
elegant and witty style
innovative use of mythological sources
numberOfBooks 15
openingEpisode creation of the world
originalLanguage Latin
placeOfComposition Rome
structure continuous narrative of linked episodes
theme change and instability
love
metamorphosis
power of the gods
transformation

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Pyramus workPartOf Ovid’s Metamorphoses
this entity surface form: Metamorphoses Book 4
myth of Orpheus and Eurydice majorSource Ovid’s Metamorphoses
Oeagrus mentionedIn Ovid’s Metamorphoses
this entity surface form: Ovid, Metamorphoses
Eurydice appearsIn Ovid’s Metamorphoses
Love of Aphrodite and Adonis hasLiterarySource Ovid’s Metamorphoses
Calydonian Boar Hunt mentionedIn Ovid’s Metamorphoses
Astraea mentionedIn Ovid’s Metamorphoses
this entity surface form: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Amazons appearsIn Ovid’s Metamorphoses
this entity surface form: Metamorphoses by Ovid
Medea appearsIn Ovid’s Metamorphoses
this entity surface form: Metamorphoses
Fasti relatedWorkBySameAuthor Ovid’s Metamorphoses
this entity surface form: Metamorphoses
Epistulae ex Ponto relatedWork Ovid’s Metamorphoses
this entity surface form: Metamorphoses
Echo and Narcissus basedOn Ovid’s Metamorphoses
this entity surface form: Metamorphoses
Echo and Narcissus describedIn Ovid’s Metamorphoses
this entity surface form: Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Book III
Great Flood in Greek mythology narratedIn Ovid’s Metamorphoses
Icarus relatedWork Ovid’s Metamorphoses
Narcissus primarySource Ovid’s Metamorphoses
Narcissus appearsIn Ovid’s Metamorphoses
this entity surface form: Metamorphoses, Book 3
Galatea from Greek mythology notableWork Ovid’s Metamorphoses
subject surface form: Galatea (sea nymph)
this entity surface form: Metamorphoses by Ovid
Galatea from Greek mythology appearsIn Ovid’s Metamorphoses
subject surface form: Galatea (statue)
this entity surface form: Metamorphoses by Ovid
Centaurs appearsInWork Ovid’s Metamorphoses
Lapiths appearsInWork Ovid’s Metamorphoses
this entity surface form: Metamorphoses
Oneiroi mentionedIn Ovid’s Metamorphoses
this entity surface form: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Echo appearsIn Ovid’s Metamorphoses
Echo literarySource Ovid’s Metamorphoses
this entity surface form: Metamorphoses by Ovid
Salmacis appearsIn Ovid’s Metamorphoses
this entity surface form: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Salmacis appearsInBook Ovid’s Metamorphoses
this entity surface form: Metamorphoses Book 4
Salmacis sourceWork Ovid’s Metamorphoses
this entity surface form: Metamorphoses
Chione mentionedInWork Ovid’s Metamorphoses
this entity surface form: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Mestra appearsInSource Ovid’s Metamorphoses
this entity surface form: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Arethusa literarySource Ovid’s Metamorphoses
this entity surface form: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Arethusa appearsIn Ovid’s Metamorphoses
this entity surface form: Metamorphoses, Book 5
Bacchus and Ariadne influencedBy Ovid’s Metamorphoses
Diana and Actaeon basedOn Ovid’s Metamorphoses
this entity surface form: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Pygmalion and the Image series inspiredBy Ovid’s Metamorphoses
this entity surface form: Metamorphoses
Opium für Ovid reimaginesWorkOf Ovid’s Metamorphoses
this entity surface form: Metamorphoses
Autolychus source Ovid’s Metamorphoses
this entity surface form: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Argus literarySource Ovid’s Metamorphoses
this entity surface form: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Tale of the miller and his wife partOf Ovid’s Metamorphoses
subject surface form: Tale of the Miller and His Wife
this entity surface form: Metamorphoses
Tale of the bandits and Charite partOf Ovid’s Metamorphoses
this entity surface form: Metamorphoses
Tale of the bandits and Charite workAppearsIn Ovid’s Metamorphoses
this entity surface form: Metamorphoses, Book 4
Tale of the bandits and Charite workAppearsIn Ovid’s Metamorphoses
this entity surface form: Metamorphoses, Book 5
Tale of the stepmother partOf Ovid’s Metamorphoses
subject surface form: Tale of the Stepmother
this entity surface form: Metamorphoses
Tale of the fullers partOf Ovid’s Metamorphoses
subject surface form: Tale of the Fullers
this entity surface form: Metamorphoses
Thisbe appearsIn Ovid’s Metamorphoses
this entity surface form: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Thisbe firstAttestedIn Ovid’s Metamorphoses
this entity surface form: Metamorphoses, Book 4
Philomela literarySource Ovid’s Metamorphoses
this entity surface form: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Philomela appearsIn Ovid’s Metamorphoses
this entity surface form: Ovid's Metamorphoses Book 6
King Midas appearsIn Ovid’s Metamorphoses
this entity surface form: Ovid's Metamorphoses
King Midas literarySource Ovid’s Metamorphoses
this entity surface form: Metamorphoses
Helikon mentionedIn Ovid’s Metamorphoses