Metamorphoses

Ovid · Completed 8 CE

Ovid's Roman epic binds divine desire, punishment and transformation into an influential archive of classical myth.

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Title: Metamorphoses
Creator: Ovid
Date: Completed 8 CE
Holding source: Perseus Digital Library
Medium: Classic text
Mythic links: Chaos, Gaia, Uranus, Cronus, Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Hades, Demeter, Athena, Apollo, Artemis, Ares, Aphrodite, Hephaestus, Hermes, Dionysus, Persephone, Heracles, Perseus, Theseus, Medusa, Cerberus, Lernaean Hydra, Minotaur

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