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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Metamorphoses

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

Metamorphoses Antaeus Theatre Company presents a reading of Mary Zimmerman’s drama adapted from Ovid’s classic poem, followed by a conversation with Zimmerman; part of LA Opera’s “Eurydice Found” festival.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 24, 2020

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

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

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