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*Book VII: [[character::Medea]], Cephalus and Procris; | *Book VII: [[character::Medea]], Cephalus and Procris; | ||
*Book VIII: Nisos and [[character::Scylla]], Daedalus and Icarus, Baucis and Philemon; | *Book VIII: Nisos and [[character::Scylla]], Daedalus and Icarus, Baucis and Philemon; | ||
*Book IX: [[character::Herakles, Byblis; | *Book IX: [[character::Herakles]], Byblis; | ||
*Book X: Eurydice, Hyacinth, Pygmalion, Myrrha, Adonis, Atalanta, Cyparissus; | *Book X: Eurydice, Hyacinth, Pygmalion, Myrrha, Adonis, Atalanta, Cyparissus; | ||
*Book XI: Orpheus, Midas, Alcyone and Ceyx, Aesacus; | *Book XI: Orpheus, Midas, Alcyone and Ceyx, Aesacus; | ||
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*Book XV: Pythagoras, Hippolytus, Aesculapius, Caesar.[1] | *Book XV: Pythagoras, Hippolytus, Aesculapius, Caesar.[1] | ||
* The transformations of the character's indicate their inner essence. For instance the character who becomes a weeping stone | * The transformations of the character's indicate their inner essence. For instance the character who becomes a weeping stone. | ||
==Story of Arachne== | |||
Arachne is a brilliant weaver and thinks herself greater than [[character::Minerva]] | |||
[[Category::Philosophy]] | [[Category::Philosophy]] | ||
Revision as of 15:55, 2 September 2012
Written by Ovid in ??? Metamorphosis is a Latin narrative poem in fifteen books, describing the history of the world from its creation to the deification of Julius Caesar within a loose mythico-historical framework completed in AD 8
The Metamorphosis is a collection of stories about the character's transformations
- Book I: Cosmogony, Ages of Man, Gigantes, Daphne, Io;
- Book II: Phaëton, Callisto, Jupiter and Europa;
- Book III: Cadmus, Actaeon, Echo, Narcissus, and Pentheus;
- Book IV: Pyramus and Thisbe, Hermaphroditus and Salmacis, Perseus and Andromeda.
- Book V: Phineus, the Rape of Proserpina;
- Book VI: Arachne, Niobe, Philomela and Procne;
- Book VII: Medea, Cephalus and Procris;
- Book VIII: Nisos and Scylla, Daedalus and Icarus, Baucis and Philemon;
- Book IX: Herakles, Byblis;
- Book X: Eurydice, Hyacinth, Pygmalion, Myrrha, Adonis, Atalanta, Cyparissus;
- Book XI: Orpheus, Midas, Alcyone and Ceyx, Aesacus;
- Book XII: Iphigeneia, Centaurs, Akhillues;
- Book XIII: the Sack of Troy, Aeneas;
- Book XIV: Scylla, Aeneas, Romulus;
- Book XV: Pythagoras, Hippolytus, Aesculapius, Caesar.[1]
- The transformations of the character's indicate their inner essence. For instance the character who becomes a weeping stone.
Story of Arachne
Arachne is a brilliant weaver and thinks herself greater than Minerva
Philosophy
