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Metamorphoses (Books I-XIV)
1.
BOOK THE FIRST
The Creation of the World
The Formation of Man
The Golden Age
The Silver Age
The Brazen Age
The Iron Age
The Giants' War
The Transformation of Daphne into a Lawrel
The Transformation of Io into a Heyfer
[canto]
The Eyes of Argus transform'd into a Peacock's Train
The Transformation of Syrinx into Reeds
[canto]
2.
BOOK THE SECOND
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 Aesculapius
Ocyrrhoe transform'd into a Mare
The Transformation of Battus to a Touch stone
The Story of Aglauros, transform'd into a Statue
Europa's Rape
3.
BOOK THE THIRD
The Story of of Cadmus
The Transformation of Actaeon 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
4.
BOOK THE FOURTH
The Story of Alcithoe and her Sisters
The Story of Pyramus and Thisbe
The Story of Leucothoe and the Sun
The Transformation of Clytie
The Story of Salmacis and Hermaphroditus
Alcithoe 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 rescu'd from the Sea Monster
The Story of Medusa's Head
5.
BOOK THE FIFTH
The Story of Perseus continu'd
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
6.
BOOK THE SIXTH
The Transformation of Arachne into a Spider
The Story of Niobe
The Transformation of Niobe
The Peasants of Lycia transform'd to Frogs
The Fate of Marsyas
The Story of Pelops
The Story of Tereus, Procne, and Philomela
Boreas in Love
7.
BOOK THE SEVENTH
The Story of Medea and Jason
The Dragon's Teeth transform'd to Men
Old Aeson restor'd to Youth
The Death of Pelias
The Story of Aegeus
The Story of Ants chang'd to Men
The Story of Cephalus and Procris
8.
BOOK THE EIGHTH
The Story of Nisus and Scylla
The Labyrinth
The Story of Daedalus 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
9.
BOOK THE NINTH
The Story of Achelous 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 of Byblis
The Fable of Iphis and Ianthe
10.
BOOK THE TENTH
The Story of Orpheus and Eurydice
The Fable of Cyparissus
Hyacinthus transform'd into a Flower
The Transformations of the Cerastae and Propoetides
The Story of Pygmalion and the Statue
The Story of of Cinyras and Myrrha
The Story of Venus and Adonis
11.
BOOK THE ELEVENTH
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
The Transformation of Daedalion
A Wolf turn'd into Marble
The Story of Ceyx and Alcyone
The House of Sleep
Aesacus transform'd into a Cormorant
12.
BOOK THE TWELFTH
The Trojan War
The House of Fame
The Story of Cygnus
The Story of Caeneus
The Skirmish between the Centaurs and Lapithites
The Story of Cyllarus and Hylonome
Caeneus transform'd to an Eagle
The Fate of Periclymenos
The Death of Achilles
13.
BOOK THE THIRTEENTH
The Speeches of Ajax and Ulysses
The Death of Ajax
The Story of Polyxena and Hecuba
The Funeral of Memnon
The Voyage of Aeneas
The Story of Acis, Polyphemus and Galatea
The Story of Glaucus and Scylla
14.
BOOK THE FOURTEENTH
The Transformation of Scylla
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Metamorphoses (Books I-XIV)
The Brazen Age
To this came next in course, the brazen age:
A warlike offspring, prompt to bloody rage,
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Metamorphoses (Books I-XIV)
