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Metamorphoses

by Ovid

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Ovid’s Metamorphoses is a continuous mythological poem of transformations, moving from the creation of the world to Julius Caesar’s deification. Its stories of gods, mortals, desire, punishment and change became one of the most influential sources for Greek and Roman myth in later literature and art.

Historical periods

Ancient Rome Imperial Rome Augustan Age Ancient Greece Ancient World Greek Mythology and Heroic Legend Homeric Epic Tradition Trojan War Epic Tradition Augustan Poetry and Roman Mythmaking

Genres

Classical Literature Mythological Fiction

Historical people

Julius Caesar101 BCE–45 BCE Prometheus Ovid44 BCE–17 Dionysus Icarus

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