ClSt / ComL 200:
Notes and Supplements
The Structure of Ovid's Metamorphoses
- Book 1
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Proemium 1-4
The First Creation * * *
- Cosmogony 5-88
- Myth of Ages 89-150
- Gigantomachy 151-162
The Second Creation * * *
- Council of the Gods 163-261
- Story of Lycaon (told by Jupiter) 211-243
- Flood 262-312
- Deucalion and Pyrrha 313-415
The Third Creation * * *
The Loves of the Gods * * *
- Apollo and Daphne 452-567
- Io 568-750
- Phaethon (beginning) 751-779
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Book 2
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- Phaethon (continuation) 1-400
- Callisto 401-530
- Apollo and Coronis (The Raven and the Crow) 531-675
- Mercury
- and Battus 676-707
- and Aglauros 708-832
- Europa 833-875
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Book 3
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Theban Cycle * * *
- Arrival of Cadmus 1-137
- Actaeon 138-252
- Semele (birth of Bacchus) 253-315
- Tiresias 316-338
- Narcissus and Echo 339-510
- Pentheus and Bacchus 511-733
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Book 4
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- Daughters of Minyas
- First daughter (unnamed):
- Pyramus and Thisbe 55-166
- Second daughter (Leucippe)
- Mars and Venus 167-189
- Sol and Leucothoe 190-256
- Sol and Clytie 256-270
- Third daughter (Alcithoe)
- Salmacis and Hermaphroditus 271-388
- Metamorphosis of the Daughters of Minyas 389-415
- Athamas and Ino 416-562
- Metamorphosis of Cadmus 563-603
Perseus Cycle
- Perseus' birth 604-611
- Perseus and Medusa 612-620
- Perseus and Atlas 621-662
- Perseus and Andromeda 663-771
- Perseus and Medusa 772-803
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Book 5
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- Perseus and Cepheus 1-249
Contests
- Minerva
- Hippocrene 250-294
- Pierides v. Muses 295-678
- Pierides: Typhoeus 317-340
- One of the Muses: Ceres and Persephone 341-678
- abduction of Proserpina 341-408
- Cyane 409-437
- Stellio 438-461
- Arethusa (a) 462-508
- Ceres and Jupiter 509-532
- Ascalaphus 533-551
- Sirens 551-563
- Division of the year 564-571
- Arethusa (b) 572-641
- Triptolemus 642-661
- Judgment of the nymphs of Helicon 662-678
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Book 6
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- Latona
- v. Niobe
- Lycian Peasants
- Apollo v. Marsyas
- Pelops
Athenian Cycle
- Tereus, Procne, and Philomela
- Erechtheus, Boreas, and Orithyia
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Book 7
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- Jason and Medea
- Theseus (7.404-9.97)
- in Crete
- Minos
- on Aegina
- Plague of Aegina
- Myrmidons
- Cephalus and Procris
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Book 8
- Daedalus
- the Labyrinth
- Ariadne
- Daedalus and Icarus
- Perdix
- in Aetolia
- Meleager
- Achelous
- Perimele
- Philemon and Baucis
- Proteus
- Erysichthon
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Book 9
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- Hercules Cycle
- Dryope
- Iolaus and the Sons of Callirhoe
- Byblis
- Iphis and Ianthe
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Book 10
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Orpheus Cycle
- Orpheus and Eurydice
- Descent to the Underworld
- Cyparissus
- Songs:
- Ganymede
- Hyacinthus
- Cerastae
- Propoetides
- Pygmalion
- Myrrha
- Venus and Adonis
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Book 11
Trojan Cycle
- Foundation of Troy
- Peleus and Thetis
- Daedalion
- Cattle of Peleus
- Ceyx and Alcyone
- Aesacus
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Book 12
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- Trojan War
- Achilles and Cycnus
- Caenis
- Lapiths and Centaurs
- Nestor and Hercules
- Death of Achilles
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Book 13
- Ajax and Ulysses
- Sack of Troy
- Hecuba, Polyxena, and Polydorus
- Memnon
Little "Aeneid"
- Aeneas
- Acis, Galatea, and Polyphemus
- Scylla and Glaucus
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Book 14
- Scylla and Glaucus
- Circe
- Picus and Canens
- Apotheosis of Aeneas
Rome
- Pomona and Vertumnus
- Romulus
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Book 15
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- Numa
- Pythagoras
- Hippolytus
- Cipus
- Aesculapius
- Julius Caesar
Epilogue
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