Metamorphōsēs

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Metamorphōsēs is the original Latin title of Ovid’s epic poem that recounts mythological tales of transformation from Greek and Roman mythology.

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Metamorphōsēs canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin literary work
epic poem
mythological poem
approximateCompletionDate 8 CE
associatedWith Augustus
author Ovid
containsStory Actaeon
Apollo and Daphne
Arachne
Baucis and Philemon
Daedalus and Icarus
linked to: Daedalus

Hercules
Jason and the Argonauts
Narcissus and Echo
linked to: Echo and Narcissus

Orpheus and Eurydice
Perseus and Andromeda
Philomela
Pygmalion
Pyramus and Thisbe
linked to: Pyramus

Theseus
the flood of Deucalion and Pyrrha
culturalContext Augustan literature
linked to: Augustan poetry
dateOfComposition early 1st century CE
genre epic poetry
mythological narrative
hasApproximateLineCount 12000
hasCentralMotif metamorphosis
influenced Dante Alighieri
European Renaissance literature
Geoffrey Chaucer
John Milton
William Shakespeare
languageFamily Italic languages
literaryForm dactylic hexameter
literaryPeriod Classical Latin literature
linked to: Classical Latin
mainTheme change
transformation
meter dactylic hexameter
narrativeScope from creation of the world to deification of Julius Caesar
numberOfBooks 15
originalLanguage Latin
partOf Ovidian corpus
placeOfComposition Rome
setting mythological world of gods and heroes
structure continuous narrative with framed tales
subjectMatter Greek mythology
Roman mythology
titleInLatin Metamorphōsēs
translatedTitle Metamorphoses

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Ovid’s Metamorphoses hasTitleInLatin Metamorphōsēs
Metamorphōsēs titleInLatin Metamorphōsēs