Metamorphoses in Image andText
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Ovid Illustrated: The Reception of Ovid's Metamorphoses in Image andText
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Dedication |
1563 1582 1591 |
| Ovid's Vita by Aldus 1582 | Alphabetical Latin Index 1563 (cf. 1582 & 1591) | Commendatory Verses 1563 1582 |
| Distribution of the Elements
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Living Creatures Allotted Their Places |
The Golden Age |
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The Silver Age |
The Bronze and Iron Ages |
War of the Giants |
| Council of the Gods |
Lycaon into a Wolf |
The Flood |
| Flood's End |
Restoration of the Human Race |
Python's End |
| Daphne Is Beloved by Phoebus |
Daphne into a Laurel |
Jupiter and Io |
| Io into a Cow |
Argus and Mercury |
Syrinx into a Reed |
| Argus Killed, Io Restored |
| Phaethon's Request |
Phaethon Kindles the World Top to Bottom |
Phaethon's Fall |
| Heliades into Trees |
Apollo Denies the World Light |
Jupiter Grabs Callisto |
| Callisto Is Turned to a Bear |
Callisto and Arcas Made Stars |
Erichthonius is Shut in a Chest |
| Coronis Is Turned to a Crow |
Coronis Is Transfixed by Apollo |
Chiron's Daughter Ocyrrhoe into a Mare |
| Battus into a Stone |
Mercury Falls in Love with Herse |
Description of Malice and Envy |
| Aglauros into a Stone |
Jupiter into a Bull |
| A Snake Kills Cadmus' Comrades |
The Serpent is Killed by Cadmus |
Soldiers Spring from the Serpent's Teeth |
| Acteon into a Stag |
Acteon Is Torn Apart by His Own Hounds |
Semele Is Killed in Jove's Embrace |
| Narcissus into a Flower |
Bacchus' Rites or Triumph |
Tyrrhenian Sailors into Dolphins |
| Pentheus Is Torn Apart by Bacchantes |
| Pyramus and Thisbe |
Pyramus and Thisbe's Death |
Venus' Adultery with Mars |
| Leucothoe into an Incense Branch |
Salmacis and Hermaphroditus Become One |
Juno and the Three Furies |
| Athamas and Ino Are Driven Insane |
Mad Athamas Kills His Son Learchus |
Cadmus and Hermione into Dragons |
| Atlas Is Turned into the Mountain of that Name |
Perseus Freeing Andromeda |
Medusa's Hair into Snakes |
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Fight Breaks Out at Perseus' Wedding |
Phineus and Friends into Stone |
Pallas and Sisters at Helicon |
| The Muses into Birds |
Venus, Cupid, and Pluto |
Pluto's Rape of Proserpina |
| Ceres Seeks Her Daughter |
Arethusa into a Fountain |
Lyncus into a Lynx |
| Niobe Is Slain with Her Children |
Lycian Rustics into Frogs |
Marsyas Is Flayed by Apollo |
| Tereus, Procne, Three Furies |
Tereus Abducts Philomela |
Tereus Cuts Out Philomela's Tongue |
| Procne Freeing Philomela from Captivity |
Procne Kills Her Own Offspring |
Orithyia Is Raped by Boreas |
| Jason and Medea |
Jason Puts the Dragon to Sleep |
Medea Calls On the Gods' Aid |
| Old Aeson Is Rejuvenated |
Pelias with His Daughters |
Hiere's Son Cygnus into a Swan |
| Medea Kills Her Own Children |
Hercules and Cerberus |
Minos, Cephalus, and Aeacus |
| The Plague in Aegina |
Ants into Men |
Cephalus and Aurora |
| Cephalus and Procris |
Procris' Death |
| Scylla and Minos |
Scylla Cuts Off her Father's Lock |
Scylla into a Bird |
| Theseus Defeats the Minotaur |
Daedalus and Icarus |
The Boy Perdix into a Bird |
| Hunting Meleager Kills a Boar |
Meleager and Atalanta |
Meleager's Death |
| Perimele into an Island |
Jupiter and Mercury as Guests |
Philemon and Baucis to Trees |
| Erysichthon Cuts Down the Oak |
Description of Hunger |
Erysichthon Is Tortured with Insatiable Hunger |
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Metra into Many Different Figures |
| Hercules and Achelous |
Centaur Nessus Shot with an Arrow |
Lychas Hurled into the Waves |
| Apotheosis of Hercules |
Alcmene Bears Hercules |
Dryope into a Tree |
| Biblis' Love for her Brother |
Biblis into a Fountain |
Lyctus and Telethusa His Wife |
| The Girl Iphis into a Man |
| Eurydice Dies from a Snakebite |
Orpheus Descends to the Underworld |
Orpheus Playing the Lyre |
| The Boy Cyparissus into a Tree |
Ganymede Carried Off into Heaven |
Hyacinthus into a Flower |
| Cerastae into Bulls |
Ivory Statue into a Person |
Myrrha Tries to Hang Herself |
| Myrrha Goes to Bed with Her Father |
Myrrha into a Tree |
Venus and Adonis |
| Atalanta and Hippomenes |
Hippomenes and Atalanta into Lions |
Adonis into Anemone Flower |
| Orpheus Is Slain by Female Bacchantes |
The Hebrus Receives Orpheus' Head and Lyre |
Midas' Wish |
| Midas' Ears into Ass's |
Neptune and Apollo |
Peleus and Thetis |
| Chione Slain by the Arrows of Diana |
A Wolf into Stone |
Ceyx Dies in a Shipwreck |
| Halcyone Supplicates Juno |
Description of the House of Sleep |
Ceyx and his Wife into Halcyons |
| Aesacus into a Diver-Bird |
| The Sacrifice of Iphigeneia |
The War of Greeks and Trojans |
Cygnus Smothered by Achilles |
| The Girl Caenis into a Man |
The Battle of the Lapiths and Centaurs |
| Ajax's Quarrel with Ulysses |
The Shield of Achilles |
Ajax Kills Himself |
| The Fall of Troy |
Polymestor's Wickedness |
Polyxena Is Sacrificed |
| Hecuba Finds Polydorus Murdered |
Polymestor Is Blinded |
Embers of Memnon's Pyre into Birds |
| Aeneas' Piety toward His Father |
Polyphemus, Acis and Galatea |
Acis into a River |
| Fisherman Glaucus into a Sea-God |
| Scylla into a Sea-Monster |
Polyphemus Devours Ulysses' Comrades |
Ulysses' Crew into Swine |
| Picus into a Bird |
Apulus into a Wild-Olive |
The Fleet of Aeneas into Nymphs |
| Aeneas into a National Deity |
Vertumnus into an Old Woman |
Iphis Hangs Himself |
| Romulus Is Given Immortality |
Hersilia into the Goddess Ora |
| Hippolytus Torn Apart by His Horses |
Cippus Sporting Horns |
Aesculapius Entered among Deities |
| Aesculapius into a Serpent |
Julius Caesar into a Star |
| Printer's Device 1563 1582 1591 | Variants 1582 | Index 1582 1591 | Imprimatur 1591 |