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Ovid's metamorphoses in fifteen books

Translated by the most Eminent Hands. Adorn'd with Sculptures

Garth, Samuel (1661-1719)

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OVID's METAMORPHOSES.

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I.

[The Creation of the World.]

The Golden Age.

The Silver Age.

The Brazen Age.

The Gyants War.

The Transformation of Daphne into a Lawrel.

The Transformation of Io into a Heyfar.

The Eyes of Argus Transform'd into a Peacock's Train.

The Transformation of Syrinx into Reeds.

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II.

The Story of Phaeton.

Phaeton's Sisters transform'd into Trees.

The Transformation of Cycnus into a Swan.

The Story of Calisto.

The Story of Coronis, and Birth of Æsculapius.

Ocyrrhoe transform'd to a Mare.

The Transformation of Battus to a Touch-stone.

The Story of Aglauros, transform'd into a Statue.

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III.

The Story of Cadmus.

The Transformation of Actæon into a Stag.

The Birth of Bacchus.

The Transformation of Tiresias.

The Transformation of Echo.

The Story of Narcissus.

The Story of Pentheus.

The Mariners transform'd to Dolphins.

The Death of Pentheus.

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IV.

The Story of Alcithöe and her Sisters.

The Story of Pyramus and Thisbe.

The Story of Leucothöe and the Sun.

The Transformation of Clytie.

The Story of Salmacis and Hermaphroditus.

Alcithöe and her Sisters transform'd to Bats.

The Transformation of Ino and Melicerta to Sea-Gods.

The Transformation of the Theban Matrons.

Cadmus and his Queen transform'd to Serpents.

The Story of Perseus.

Atlas transform'd to a Mountain.

Andromeda rescued from the Sea-Monster.

The Story of Medusa's Head.

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V.

The Story of Perseus continued.

Minerva's Interview with the Muses.

The Fate of Pyreneus.

The Story of the Pierides.

The Song of the Pierides.

The Song of the Muses.

The Rape of Proserpine.

Cyane dissolves to a Fountain.

A Boy transform'd to an Eft.

The Transformation of Ascalaphus into an Owl.

The Daughters of Achelous transform'd to Sirens.

The Story of Arethusa.

The Transformation of Lyncus.

The Pierides transform'd to Magpies.

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VI.

The Transformation of Arachne into a Spider.

The Story of Niobe.

The Transformation of Niobe.

The Fate of Marsyas.

The Story of Pelops.

The Story of Tereus, Procne, and Philomela.

Boreas in Love.

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VII.

The Story of Medea and Jason.

The Dragon's Teeth transform'd to Men.

Old Æson restor'd to Youth.

The Death of Pelias.

The Story of Ægeus.

The Story of Ants chang'd to Men.

Continu'd by Mr. Tate.

The Story of Cephalus and Procris.

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VIII.

The Story of Nisus and Scylla.

The Story of Dædalus and Icarus.

The Story of Meleager and Atalanta.

The Transformation of the Naiads.

Perimele turn'd into an Island.

The Story of Baucis and Philemon.

The Changes of Proteus.

The Story of Erisichthon.

The Description of Famine.

The Transformations of Erisichthon's Daughter.

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IX.

The Story of Acheloüs and Hercules.

The Death of Nessus the Centaur.

The Death of Hercules.

The Transformation of Lychas into a Rock.

The Apotheosis of Hercules.

The Transformation of Galanthis.

The Fable of Dryope.

Iolaus restor'd to Youth.

The Prophecy of Themis.

The Debate of the Gods.

The Passion of Byblis.

The Fable of Iphis and Ianthe.

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X.

The Story of Orpheus and Eurydice.

The Fable of Cyparissus.

Continu'd by Mr. Croxall.

Hyacinthus transform'd into a Flower.

The Transformations of the Cerastæ, and Propætides.

The Story of Pygmalion, and the Statue.

The Story of Cinyras, and Myrrha.

The Story of Venus, and Adonis.

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XI.

The Death of Orpheus.

The Thracian Women transform'd to Trees.

The Fable of Midas.

The Building of Troy.

The Story of Thetis and Peleus, &c.

The Transformation of Dædalion.

A Wolf turn'd into Marble.

The Story of Ceyx and Alcyone.

The House of Sleep.

Æsacus transform'd into a Cormorant.

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XII.

The Trojan War.

The House of Fame.

The Story of Cygnus.

The Story of Cæneus.

The Skirmish between the Centaurs and Lapithites.

The Story of Cyllarus and Hylonome.

Cæneus transform'd to an Eagle.

The Fate of Periclymenos.

The Death of Achilles.

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XIII.

The Speeches of Ajax and Ulysses.

The Death of Ajax.

The Story of Polyxena and Hecuba.

The Funeral of Memnon.

The Voyage of Æneas.

The Story of Acis, Polyphemus, and Galatea.

The Story of Glaucus and Scylla.

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XIV.

The Transformation of Scylla.

The Voyage of Æneas continued.

The Transformation of Cercopians into Apes.

Æneas descends to Hell.

The Story of the Sibyll.

The Adventures of Achæmenides.

The Adventures of Macareus.

The Enchantments of Circe.

The Story of Picus and Canens.

Æneas arrives in Italy.

The Adventures of Diomedes.

The Transformation of Appulus.

The Trojan Ships transform'd to Sea-Nymphs.

The Deification of Æneas.

The Line of the Latian Kings.

The Story of Vertumnus, and Pomona.

The Story of Iphis and Anaxarete.

The Latian Line continu'd.

The Assumption of Romulus.

The Assumption of Hersilia.

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XV.

The Pythagorean Philosophy.

The Story of Hippolytus.

Egeria transform'd to a Fountain.

The Story of Cippus.

The Occasion of Æsculapius being brought to Rome.

The Deification of Julius Cæsar.

The Reign of Augustus, in which Ovid flourish'd.

The Poet concludes.

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The Transformation of Cercopians into Apes.

The Gallies now by Pythecusa pass;
The Name is from the Natives of the Place.
The Father of the Gods detesting Lies;
Oft, with Abhorrence, heard their Perjuries.
Th'abandon'd Race, transform'd to Beasts, began
To mimick the Impertinence of Man.
Flat-nos'd, and furrow'd; with Grimace they grin;
And look, to what they were, too near akin:
Merry in Make, and busy to no End;
This Moment they divert, the next offend:
So much this Species of their past retains;
Tho' lost the Language, yet the Noise remains.