Metamorphoses

[ met-uh-mawr-fuh-seez ]

noun

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

Metamorphoses

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.

Example Sentences

The source is Ovid’s famous epic poem about transformations, Metamorphoses.

From Time

From Ovid’s “Metamorphoses” to the Marvel Universe, bodily transformation has been portrayed as something extraordinary.

From Washington Post

The transformations contained in The Pregnant Widow (as in "The Metamorphoses") are sexual, physical, and philosophical, too.

From The Daily Beast

Versailles will continue its metamorphoses, but these glittering images will remain still.

From The Daily Beast

Ainsworth gives authority for "hospes" meaning host as well as guest, and quotes Ovid's Metamorphoses in support of it.

From Project Gutenberg

Jupiter is mentioned in Ovid's Metamorphoses immediately after the description of the golden, silver, brazen, and iron ages.

From Project Gutenberg

The god Khepra with folding wings symbolized these metamorphoses.

From Project Gutenberg

The history of our planet is the history of life, with all its metamorphoses.

From Project Gutenberg

An example of the turn on words, amongst a thousand others, is that in the last book of Ovid's "Metamorphoses:"

From Project Gutenberg