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  1 2 3 4 5 6
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
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