Metamorphoses ("Transformations"‪)‬

The Metamorphoses by the Roman poet Ovid is a narrative poem in
fifteen books that describes the creation and history of the world. Completed in
8 AD, it has remained one of the most popular works of mythology, being the
Classical work best known to medieval writers and thus having a great deal of
influence on medieval poetry.

Table of Contents

BOOK THE FIRST
The Creation of the World
The Golden
Age
The Silver Age
The Brazen Age
The Iron Age
The Giants' War

The Transformation of Daphne into a Lawrel
The Transformation of Io into
a Heyfer
The Eyes of Argus transform'd into a Peacock's Train
The
Transformation of Syrinx into Reeds
BOOK THE SECOND
The
Story of Phaeton
Phaeton's Sisters transform'd into Trees
The
Transformation of Cycnus into a Swan
The Story of Calisto
The Story of
Coronis, and Birth of Aesculapius
Ocyrrhoe transform'd into a Mare
The
Transformation of Battus to a Touch stone
The Story of Aglauros, transform'd
into a Statue
Europa's Rape
BOOK THE THIRD
The
Story of of Cadmus
The Transformation of Actaeon into a Stag
The Birth
of Bacchus
The Transformation of Tiresias
The Transformation of Echo

The Story of Narcissus
The Story of Pentheus
The Mariners
transform'd to Dolphins
The Death of Pentheus
BOOK THE FOURTH

The Story of Alcithoe and her Sisters
The Story of Pyramus and
Thisbe
The Story of Leucothoe and the Sun
The Transformation of Clytie

The Story of Salmacis and Hermaphroditus
The Transformation of Ino and
Melicerta to Sea-Gods
The Transformation of the Theban Matrons
Cadmus
and his Queen transform'd to Serpents
The Story of Perseus
Atlas
transform'd to a Mountain
Andromeda rescu'd from the Sea Monster
The
Story of Medusa's Head
BOOK THE FIFTH
The Story of
Perseus continu'd
Minerva's Interview with the Muses
The Fate of
Pyreneus
The Story of the Pierides
The Song of the Pierides
The Song
of the Muses
The Rape of Proserpine
Cyane dissolves to a Fountain
A
Boy transform'd to an Eft
The Transformation of Ascalaphus into an Owl

The Daughters of Achelous transform'd to Sirens
The Story of Arethusa

The Transformation of Lyncus
The Pierides transform'd to Magpies

BOOK THE SIXTH
The Transformation of Arachne into a
Spider
The Story of Niobe
The Transformation of Niobe
The Peasants
of Lycia transform'd to Frogs
The Fate of Marsyas
The Story of Pelops

The Story of Tereus, Procne, and Philomela
Boreas in Love

BOOK THE SEVENTH
The Story of Medea and Jason
The
Dragon's Teeth transform'd to Men
Old Aeson restor'd to Youth
The Death
of Pelias
The Story of Aegeus
The Story of Ants chang'd to Men
The
Story of Cephalus and Procris
BOOK THE EIGHTH
The Story
of Nisus and Scylla
The Labyrinth
The Story of Daedalus and Icarus

The Story of Meleager and Atalanta
The Transformation of the Naiads

Perimele turn'd into an Island
The Story of Baucis and Philemon
The
Changes of Proteus
The Story of Erisichthon
The Description of Famine

The Transformations of Erisichthon's Daughter
BOOK THE NINTH

The Story of Achelous and Hercules
The Death of Nessus the
Centaur
The Death of Hercules
The Transformation of Lychas into a Rock

The Apotheosis of Hercules
The Transformation of Galanthis
The Fable
of Dryope
Iolaus restor'd to Youth
The Prophecy of Themis
The Debate
of the Gods
The Passion of of Byblis
The Fable of Iphis and Ianthe

BOOK THE TENTH
The Story of Orpheus and Eurydice

The Fable of Cyparissus
Hyacinthus transform'd into a Flower
The
Transformations of the Cerastae a