Metamorphoses

American  

[met-uh-mawr-fuh-seez] / ˌmɛt əˈmɔr fəˌsiz /

noun

1. a series of mythological tales or legends in verse (a.d. 7–8) by Ovid.

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Metamorphoses Cultural  

1. A long poem by the ancient Roman poet Ovid, in which he relates numerous stories from classical mythology. Many of the stories deal with miraculous transformations, or metamorphoses.

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Example Sentences

The painting in question, entitled Diana and Actaeon, dates from the Renaissance era and portrays a mythical scene from the Roman poet Ovid's Metamorphoses.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2023

Toni Morrison's fiction has reworked stories from the classical tradition, including Euripedes' "Medea" and Ovid's "Metamorphoses."

From Salon • Sep. 4, 2021

I’ve been rereading Ovid lately—the clean and gorgeous Rolfe Humphries translation of the Metamorphoses, published in 1955—and, in Book V, the nymph Arethusa tells Ceres the story of how she was transformed into a spring.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 2, 2018

The painter based his story on verses in Ovid's "Metamorphoses," itself based on a Greek myth.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2015

On the walls between the arches hung tapestries woven with scenes from Ovid’s Metamorphoses, tales of gods and humans transformed by love.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein