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Metamorphoses (Books I-XIV)


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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
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The Eyes of Argus transform'd into a Peacock's Train
  
The Transformation of Syrinx into Reeds
  
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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BOOK THE FOURTEENTH
  
The Transformation of Scylla

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