Outline of Ovid's Metamorphoses

courtesy of Joe Farrell, Classical Studies, Penn

Sections we will be reading in class are indicated in bold.

Book 1 Proemium 1-4    The First Creation       Cosmogony 5-88       Myth of Ages 89-150       Gigantomachy 151-162    The Second Creation       Council of the Gods 163-261          Story of Lycaon (told by Jupiter) 211-243       Flood 262-312       Deucalion and Pyrrha 313-415    The Third Creation       Pytho 416-451    The Loves of the Gods       Apollo and Daphne 452-567       Io 568-750       Phaethon (beginning) 751-779

Book 2    Phaethon (continuation) 1-400    Callisto 401-530    Apollo and Coronis (The Raven and the Crow) 531-675    Mercury       and Battus 676-707       and Aglauros 708-832    Europa 833-875

Book 3    Theban Cycle       Arrival of Cadmus 1-137       Actaeon 138-252       Semele (birth of Bacchus) 253-315       Tiresias 316-338       Narcissus and Echo 339-510       Pentheus and Bacchus 511-733

Book 4    Daughters of Minyas       First daughter (unnamed):          Pyramus and Thisbe 55-166       Second daughter (Leucippe)          Mars and Venus 167-189          Sol and Leucothoe 190-256          Sol and Clytie 256-270       Third daughter (Alcithoe)          Salmacis and Hermaphroditus 271-388       Metamorphosis of the Daughters of Minyas 389-415    Athamas and Ino 416-562    Metamorphosis of Cadmus 563-603    Perseus Cycle       Perseus' birth 604-611       Perseus and Medusa 612-620       Perseus and Atlas 621-662       Perseus and Andromeda 663-771       Perseus and Medusa 772-803

Book 5    Perseus and Cepheus 1-249 Contests    Minerva       Hippocrene 250-294       Pierides v. Muses 295-678          Pierides: Typhoeus 317-340          One of the Muses: Ceres and Persephone 341-678             abduction of Proserpina 341-408             Cyane 409-437             Stellio 438-461             Arethusa (a) 462-508             Ceres and Jupiter 509-532             Ascalaphus 533-551             Sirens 551-563             Division of the year 564-571             Arethusa (b) 572-641             Triptolemus 642-661          Judgment of the nymphs of Helicon 662-678

Book 6       Minerva v. Arachne    Latona       v. Niobe       Lycian Peasants       Apollo v. Marsyas       Pelops Athenian Cycle    Tereus, Procne, and Philomela    Erechtheus, Boreas, and Orithyia

Book 7    Jason and Medea    Theseus (7.404-9.97)       in Crete          Minos             on Aegina                Plague of Aegina                Myrmidons                Cephalus and Procris

Book 8                at Megara                   Scylla             Daedalus                the Labyrinth                Ariadne                Daedalus and Icarus                Perdix          in Aetolia             Meleager             Achelous                Perimele                Philemon and Baucis                Proteus                Erysichthon

Book 9                Hercules Cycle                Dryope                Iolaus and the Sons of Callirhoe                Byblis                Iphis and Ianthe

Book 10 Orpheus Cycle       Orpheus and Eurydice       Descent to the Underworld       Cyparissus       Songs:          Ganymede          Hyacinthus          Cerastae          Propoetides          Pygmalion          Myrrha          Venus and Adonis             Atalanta and Hippomenes

Book 11       Death of Orpheus       Midas    Trojan Cycle       Foundation of Troy       Peleus and Thetis       Daedalion       Cattle of Peleus       Ceyx and Alcyone       Aesacus

Book 12       Trojan War       Achilles and Cycnus       Caenis       Lapiths and Centaurs       Nestor and Hercules       Death of Achilles

Book 13       Ajax and Ulysses       Sack of Troy       Hecuba, Polyxena, and Polydorus       Memnon    Little "Aeneid"       Aeneas       Acis, Galatea, and Polyphemus       Scylla and Glaucus

Book 14       Scylla and Glaucus       Circe       Picus and Canens       Apotheosis of Aeneas    Rome       Pomona and Vertumnus       Romulus

Book 15       Numa       Pythagoras       Hippolytus       Cipus       Aesculapius       Julius Caesar Epilogue

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