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Metamorphoses Table of Contents
Metamorphoses Book Notes is a free study guide on Metamorphoses by Ovid. Browse the summary below:
Author Biography / Context of the Work

One-Page Plot Summary

Character Descriptions

Object/Place Descriptions

Quotes

Topic Tracking

Topic Tracking: Revenge

Topic Tracking: Violence

Topic Tracking: Women


Chapter Summaries

Book 1: The Creation

Book 1: The Ages of Mankind

Book 1: The Flood

Book 1: Deucalion and Pyrrha

Book 1: Apollo and Daphne

Book 1: Io

Book 2: Phaethon

Book 2: Callisto

Book 2: The Raven and The Crow

Book 2: Ocyrhoe

Book 15: The Doctrines of Pythagoras

Book 15: The Death of Numa

Book 15: Hippolytus

Book 15: Cipus

Book 15: Aesculapius

Book 15: The Apotheosis of Julius Caesar

Book 15: Epilogue

Book 2: Mercury and Battus

Book 2: The Envy of Aglauros

Book 2: Jupiter and Europa

Book 3: Cadmus

Book 3: Diana and Actaeon

Book 3: Semele and The Birth of Bacchus

Book 3: Tiresias

Book 3: Narcissus and Echo

Book 3: Pentheus and Bacchus

Book 4: The Daughters of Minyas

Book 4: Pyramus and Thisbe

Book 4: The Sun in Love

Book 4: Salmacis and Hermaphroditus

Book 4: The Daughters of Minyas Transformed

Book 4: Athamas and Ino

Book 4: The Transformation of Cadmus

Book 4: Perseus and Andromeda

Book 5: Perseus' Fight in the Palace of Cepheus

Book 5: Minerva Meets the Muses at Helicon

Book 5: The Rape of Proserpine

Book 5: Arethusa

Book 5: Triptolemus

Book 6: Arachne

Book 6: Niobe

Book 6: The Lycian Peasants

Book 6: Marsyas

Book 6: Pelops

Book 6: Tereus, Procne, and Philomela

Book 6: Boreas and Orithyia

Book 7: Medea and Jason

Book 7: Medea and Aeson

Book 7: Medea and Pelias: Her Flight

Book 7: Theseus

Book 7: Minos, Aeacus, The Plague at Ageina, The Myrmidons

Book 7: Cephalus and Procris

Book 8: Scylla and Minos

Book 8: The Minotaur

Book 8: Daedalus and Icarus

Book 8: Perdix

Book 8: Meleager and the Calydonian Boar

Book 8: Althaea and Meleager

Book 8: Achelous and the Nymphs

Book 8: Philemon and Baucis

Book 8: Erysichthon and His Daughter

Book 9: Achelous and Hercules

Book 9: Hercules, Nessus, and Deianira

Book 9: The Death and Apotheosis of Hercules

Book 9: The Birth of Hercules

Book 9: Dryope

Book 9: Iolaus and the Sons of Callirhoe

Book 9: Byblis

Book 9: Iphis and Ianthe

Book 10: Orpheus and Eurydice

Book 10: Cyparissus

Book 10: Ganymede

Book 10: Hyacinth

Book 10: Pygmalion

Book 10: Myrrha

Book 10: Venus and Adonis

Book 10: Atalanta

Book 11: The Death of Orpheus

Book 11: Midas

Book 11: First Foundation and Destruction of Troy

Book 11: Peleus and Thetis

Book 11: Daedalion

Book 11: The Cattle of Peleus

Book 11: Ceyx and Alcyone

Book 11: Aesacus

Book 12: The Expedition Against Troy

Book 12: Achilles and Cycnus

Book 12: Caenis

Book 12: The Battle of The Lapiths and Centaurs

Book 12: Nestor and Hercules

Book 12: The Death of Achilles

Book 13: Ajax and Ulysses and the Arms of Achilles

Book 13: The Fall of Troy

Book 13: Hecuba, Polyxena, and Polydorus

Book 13: Memnon

Book 13: The Pilgrimage of Aeneas

Book 13: Acis and Galatea

Book 13: Scylla and Glaucus

Book 14: Scylla and Glaucus (continued)

Book 14: The Pilgrimage of Aeneas (continued)

Book 14: The Island of Circe

Book 14: Picus and Canens

Book 14: The Triumph and Apotheosis of Aeneas

Book 14: Pomona and Vertumnus

Book 14: Legends of Early Rome; The Apotheosis of Romulus

Book 15: Numa and the Foundation of Crotona

