Metamorphoses
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In his award-winning translation, Charles Martin combines fidelity to Ovid’s text with verse that catches the speed and liveliness of the original.
Analytical Table of ContentsIntroductionTranslator's NoteNote on the TextSuggestions for Further ReadingMetamorphosesCatalog of Transformations 446Glossary of Names 461Book 1Invocation 1Origin of the World 5The Four Ages 90The Giants 154The Council of the Gods 167Lycaon Zeus 216The Flood 262Deucalion and Pyrrha 324Python 454Apollo and Daphne 470Io 602Pan and Syrinx (as told by Mercury to Argus) 739Phaethon and Clymene 803Book 2Phaethon and Phoebus 1Epitaph for Phaethon 360Callisto 445Apollo and Coronis 593The Crow and Minerva (as told by the Crow) 616The Princess and the Sea God (as told by the Crow) 635Nyctimene (as told by the Crow) 660Ocyrhoe 709Mercury and Battus 756Mercury, Herse, and Aglauros 791Jupiter and Europa 925Book 3Cadmus and the Earthborn People 1Diana and Actaeon 148Jupiter and Semele 268Tiresias 343Echo and Narcissus 371Pentheus and Bacchus 562Acoetes (as told by himself) 641Book 4The Daughters of Minyas 1Pyramus and Thisbe (as told by a Daughter of Minyas) 65Mars and Venus Leuconoe 189Leucothoe and the Sun Leuconoe 212Clytie and the Sun Leuconoe 262Salmacis and Hermaphroditus Alcithoe 321The Daughters of Minyas Become Bats 425Athamas and Ino 454Juno and the Theban Women 602Cadmus and Harmonia 623Perseus and Andromeda 669Book 5Perseus and Phineus 1Minerva and the Muses 290Pegasus and the Spring of the Muses Urania 296Pyreneus and the Muses Urania 313The Contest of the Muses and the Daughters of Pierus Urania 342Song of Typhoeus (as sung by a Daughter of Pierus, as summarized by Urania) 373Hymn to Ceres Urania 387Arethusa and Alpheus Urania 659Book 6The Contest of Arachne and Minerva 1"The Hill of Mars" Minerva 80"The Rape of Europa" Arachne 115Niobe and Latona 163Thebes Responds to Niobe's Calamity 355The Altar in the Pond Theban 361Latona and the Lycians Theban 378Marsyas and Apollo Theban 435Pelops 458Procne and Philomela 472"The Rape of Philomela" Philomela 665Boreas and Orithyia 781Book 7Jason and Medea 1Hymn to Theseus Athenians 486Minos' Embassy to Aegina 504Cephalus' Embassy to Aegina 542The Plague at Aegina Aeacus 570The Origin of the Myrmidons Aeacus 670Procris and Cephalus Cephalus 756Book 8Nisus and Scylla 1Minos and the Minotaur 184Daedalus and Icarus 221Daedalus and His Nephew 279Meleager and the Calydonian Boar 304Tales from Achelous' Feast 626Achelous and the Echinades Achelous 656Achelous and Perimele Achelous 676Philemon and Baucis Lelex 697Erysichthon Achelous 818Book 9[Tales from Achelous' Feast (continued)]Achelous and Hercules Achelous 1Nessus and Deianeira 95The Death of Hercules 147The Grief of Alcmena and Iole 305Alcmena and Galanthis Alcmena 316Dryope Iole 366Iolaus and the Bickering of the Gods 446Byblis and Her Brother 519Iphis and Ianthe 765Inscription for Iphis 912Book 10Orpheus and Eurydice 1Cyparissus and the Stag 110The Songs of Orpheus 149Jupiter and Ganymede Orpheus 162Apollo and Hyacinthus Orpheus 170The Cerastae Orpheus 234The Daughters of Propoetus Orpheus 259Pygmalion Orpheus 266Myrrha and Cinryas Orpheus 332Venus and Adonis Orpheus 594Atalanta and Hippomenes Orpheus 645Book 11The Death of Orpheus 1Midas 92Laomedon 221Peleus and Thetis 261Peleus and the Wolf of the Marsh 314Daedalion and Chione Ceyx 341Ceyx and Alcyone 481The Bird Sightings 863Aesacus and Hesperia (as told by an Observer of birds) 867Book 12The Greeks at Aulis 1The House of Rumor 51Cygnus and Achilles 81Tales from the Truce 173The Origin of Caeneus Nestor 198The Battle of the Lapiths and the Centaurs Nestor 247Hercules and Periclymenus Nestor 617The Death of Achilles 664Book 13The Contest for Achilles' Arms 1Ajax's Speech 6Ulysses' Speech 148The Fall of Troy 481Polydorus and Polyxena 516Hecuba 576Memnon 694Aeneas Comes to Delos 752The Daughters of Anius Anius 774"The Daughters of Orion" Alcon 814Aeneas Comes to Scylla and Charybdis 848Galatea and Polyphemus Galatea 899Polyphemus' Song to Galatea Galatea 945Glaucus' Transformation Glaucus 1069Book 14Glaucus, Circe, Scylla 1Aeneas Comes to Cumae 81Phoebus and the Sybil of Cumae Sybil 150Two of Ulysses' Crewmembers Reunite 178Stranded on the Isle of the Cyclopes Achaemenides 194Aeolus, The Lastrygonians, and Circe Macareus 254Picus (as told by an attendant of Circe, as relayed by Macareus) 369Epitaph for Caieta 514Aeneas Comes to Latium 521Acmon Diomedes 540The Apulian Shepherd 595Aeneas' Ships 613Ardea 652The Death of Aeneas 671Pomona and Vertumnus 716Iphis and Anaxarete Vertumnus 804The Sabines 891Romulus 928Hersilia 954Book 15Numa 1The Founding of Croton Croton 13The Teachings of Pythagoras 69Hippolytus and Egeria 516Hippolytus (as told by himself) 529Cipus 603Aesculapius 683The Deification of Caesar 828Envoi 981
