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In one variation of the myth of Procne, Philomela and Tereus (here called Aëdon, Chelidon and Polytechnus instead) after Aëdon and Chelidon killed Itys and served him to his father as dinner as revenge over Polytechnus raping Chelidon, they ran back to their father Pandareus, while Polytechnus hunted them down wanting revenge for his slain son.
In that tradition myth functioned as a vehicle for moral reflection or insight, yet Ovid approached it as an "object of play and artful manipulation". [4] The model for a collection of metamorphosis myths was found in the metamorphosis poetry of the Hellenistic tradition , which is first represented by Boios ' Ornithogonia —a now- fragmentary ...
Apollo and Daphne is an Ancient Greek transformation or metamorphosis myth. No written or artistic versions survive from ancient Greek mythology , so it is likely Hellenistic in origin. [ 1 ] It was retold by Roman authors in the form of an amorous vignette .
Metamorphoses into bodies of water in Greek mythology (1 C, 24 P) Pages in category "Metamorphoses in Greek mythology" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
Other authors say the hounds were Artemis' own; some lost elaborations of the myth seem to have given them all names and narrated their wanderings after his loss. A number of ancient Greek vases depicting the metamorphosis and death of Actaeon include the goddess Lyssa in the scene, infecting his dogs with rabies and setting them against him. [12]
Echo and Narcissus is a myth from Ovid's Metamorphoses, a Roman mythological epic from the Augustan Age. The introduction of the mountain nymph , Echo , into the story of Narcissus , the beautiful youth who rejected Echo and fell in love with his own reflection, appears to have been Ovid's invention.
In Greek mythology, Hermaphroditus (/ h ər ˌ m æ f r ə ˈ d aɪ t ə s / ⓘ; Ancient Greek: Ἑρμαφρόδιτος, romanized: Hermaphróditos, [hermapʰróditos]) was a child of Aphrodite and Hermes. According to Ovid, he was born a remarkably beautiful boy whom the naiad Salmacis attempted to rape and prayed to be united with forever.
Pages in category "Metamorphoses into flowers in Greek mythology" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total.