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Table of Contents

  1. Titlepage
  2. Imprint
  3. Book I
    1. Creation of the World
    2. Golden Age
    3. Silver Age
    4. Brazen Age
    5. Iron Age
    6. Giants’ War
    7. Transformation of Daphne Into a Laurel
    8. Transformation of Io Into a Heifer, and the Eyes of Argus Into a Peacock’s Train
    9. Transformation of Syrinx Into Reeds
  4. Book II
    1. Story of Phaeton
    2. Phaeton’s Sisters Transformed Into Trees
    3. Transformation of Cycnus Into a Swan
    4. Story of Calisto
    5. Story of Coronis, and Birth of Esculapius
    6. Ocyrrhoe Transformed to a Mare
    7. Transformation of Battus to a Touchstone
    8. Story of Aglauros Transformed Into a Statue
    9. Europa’s Rape
  5. Book III
    1. Story of Cadmus
    2. Transformation of Actaeon Into a Stag
    3. Birth of Bacchus
    4. Transformation of Echo
    5. Story of Narcissus
    6. Story of Pentheus
    7. Mariners Transformed to Dolphins
    8. Death of Pentheus
  6. Book IV
    1. Story of Alcithoe and Her Sisters
    2. Story of Pyramus and Thisbe
    3. Story of Leucothoe and the Sun
    4. Transformation of Clytie
    5. Story of Salmacis and Hermaphroditus
    6. Alcithoe and Her Sisters Transformed to Bats
    7. Transformation of Ino and Melicerta to Sea-Gods
    8. Transformation of the Theban Matrons
    9. Cadmus and His Queen Transformed Into Serpents
    10. Story of Perseus
    11. Atlas Transformed to a Mountain
    12. Andromeda Rescued from the Sea Monster
    13. Story of Medusa’s Head
  7. Book V
    1. Story of Perseus Continued
    2. Minerva’s Interview with the Muses
    3. Fate of Pyreneus
    4. Story of the Pierides
    5. Song of the Pierides
    6. Song of the Muses
    7. Rape of Proserpine
    8. Cyane Dissolves to a Fountain
    9. Boy Transformed to an Eft
    10. Transformation of Ascalaphus Into an Owl
    11. Daughters of Achelous Transformed Into Sirens
    12. Story of Arethusa
    13. Transformation of Lyncus
    14. The Pierides Transformed to Magpies
  8. Book VI
    1. Transformation of Arachne Into a Spider
    2. Story of Niobe
    3. Transformation of Niobe
    4. Peasants of Lycia Transformed to Frogs
    5. Fate of Marsyas
    6. Story of Pelops
    7. Story of Tereus, Procne, and Philomela
    8. Boreas in Love
  9. Book VII
    1. Story of Medea and Jason
    2. Old Aeson Restored to Youth
    3. Death of Pelias
    4. Story of Aegeus
    5. Story of Ants Changed to Men
    6. Story of Cephalus and Procris
  10. Book VIII
    1. Story of Nisus and Scylla
    2. The Labyrinth
    3. Story of Daedalus and Icarus
    4. Story of Meleager and Atalanta
    5. Transformation of the Naiads
    6. Perimele Turned Into an Island
    7. Story of Baucis and Philemon
    8. Changes of Proteus
    9. Story of Erisichthon
    10. Description of Famine
    11. Transformations of Erisichthon’s Daughter
  11. Book IX
    1. Story of Achelous and Hercules
    2. Death of Nessus the Centaur
    3. Death of Hercules
    4. Transformation of Lychas Into a Rock
    5. Apotheosis of Hercules
    6. Transformation of Galanthis
    7. Fable of Dryope
    8. Iolaus Restored to Youth
    9. Prophecy of Themis
    10. Debate of the Gods
    11. Passion of Byblis
    12. Fable of Iphis and Ianthe
  12. Book X
    1. Story of Orpheus and Eurydice
    2. Fable of Cyparissus
    3. Hyacinthus Transformed Into a Flower
    4. Transformations of the Cerastae and Propoetides
    5. Story of Pygmalion and the Statue
    6. Story of Venus and Adonis
  13. Book XI
    1. Death of Orpheus
    2. Thracian Women Transformed to Trees
    3. Fable of Midas
    4. Building of Troy
    5. Story of Thetis and Peleus
    6. Transformation of Daedalion
    7. A Wolf Turned Into Marble
    8. Story of Ceyx and Alcyone
    9. Aesacus Transformed Into a Cormorant
  14. Book XII
    1. Trojan War
    2. House of Fame
    3. Story of Cycnus
    4. Story of Caeneus
    5. Skirmish Between the Centaurs and Lapithites
    6. Story of Cyllarus and Hylonome
    7. Caeneus Transformed to an Eagle
    8. Fate of Periclymenos
    9. Death of Achilles
  15. Book XIII
    1. Speeches of Ajax and Ulysses
    2. Death of Ajax
    3. Story of Polyxena and Hecuba
    4. Funeral of Memnon
    5. Voyage of Aeneas
    6. Story of Acis, Polyphemus, and Galatea
    7. Story of Glaucus and Scylla
  16. Book XIV
    1. Transformation of Scylla
    2. Voyage of Aeneas Continued
    3. Transformation of Cercopians Into Apes
    4. Aeneas Descends to Hell
    5. Story of the Sibyl
    6. Adventures of Achaemenides
    7. Adventures of Macareus
    8. Story of Picus and Canens
    9. Aeneas Arrives in Italy
    10. Adventures of Diomedes
    11. Transformation of Appulus
    12. Trojan Ships Transformed to Sea Nymphs
    13. Deification of Aeneas
    14. Story of Vertumnus and Pomona
    15. Story of Iphis and Anaxarete
    16. Latian Line
    17. Assumption of Romulus
    18. Assumption of Hersilia
  17. Book XV
    1. Pythagorean Philosophy
    2. Story of Hippolytus
    3. Egeria Transformed to a Fountain
    4. Story of Cippus
    5. Occasion of Esculapius Being Brought to Rome
    6. Deification of Julius Caesar
    7. Reign of Augustus, in Which Ovid Flourished
    8. The Poet Concludes
  18. Endnotes
  19. Colophon
  20. Uncopyright

Landmarks

  1. Metamorphoses
  2. Endnotes