Nathan C. Brooks, ed.,
The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidius Naso
[,
Books I-IV
], 5th ed. (
New York, 1860
[1st ed. 1844])
Portrait
Frontispiece
Title-Page
Preface - Life - Testimonia - Tale-Index
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I
General argument
i Chaos - Creation
ii Creation of Animals, Man
iii Golden Age
iv Silver Age
v Brazen and Iron Ages
vi Battle of the Giants
vii Council of the Gods
viii Lycaon into a Wolf
ix World Destroyed by a Flood
ix World Restored
xi Python Slain by Apollo
xii Daphne into a Laurel
xiii Io into a Heifer
xiv Syrinx into a Reed
xv Io the Heifer into Human Form
II
General argument
i Palace of the Sun
ii Phaethon's Fall
iii Phaethon's Sisters into Poplars
iv Jupiter into the Form of Diana
v Callisto into a Bear
vi Callisto and Arcas into Constellations
vii Coronis into a Crow
viii Nyctimene into a Night-Owl; Coronis' Death
ix Ocyrrhoe into a Mare
x Apollo into a Shepherd
xi Agraulos [sic] into Stone
xii Jupiter into a Bull
III
General argument
i Cadmus Slays the Dragon
ii Dragon's Teeth into Men
iii
iv Actaeon into a Stag
v Echo into a Voice
vi Narcissus into a Flower
vii Bacchus' Triumph
viii Sailors into Dolphins
ix Pentheus Torn Apart
IV
General argument
i Minyeides Defying Bacchus
ii Pyramus and Thisbe
iii Juno Summoning the Furies
iv Ino and Son into Sea-Gods
v Cadmus and Hermione into Serpents
vi Atlas into a Mountain
vii Perseus Rescuing Andromeda
viii Perseus Slaying Medusa
Peroration
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