Ovid's Metamorphoses Characters And Transformations Flashcards
Daphne…
Becomes a laurel tree
Pierides
Magpies
Arachne
Spider
Ajax
His blood produces a hyacinth
Scylla nymph
Monster
Cadmus
Serpent
Actaeon
Deer
Callisto
Initially turned into a bear by Juno and then a constellation
Propoetides
Stone
Picus
Woodpecker
Hippomenes
Lion
Alycone and Ceyx
Birds
Medusa
Monster and she can turn others to stone
Midas
Given donkey ears
Myrrha
Myrrh tree
Lycaon
Wolf (or at least he thinks he is one)
Io
Cow
Argus
His eyes are set into a peacock tail
Syrinx
Reed
Cycnus
Swan
Arcas
Constellation
Battus
Stone
Aglauros
Stone
Europa
White bull
Actaeon
Stag
Echo
Voice
Daughters of Minyas
Bats
Hermaphroditus
Male and female with Salmacis
Ino and her son
Sea gods
Atlas
Stone
Arethusa
Water spring
Baucis
Disguised as lonely travellers
Dryope
Tree
Byblis
Fountain
Iphis
Boy
Pygmalion
Prayed his statue would come to life and it did
Daedalion
Eagle
Aesacus
Bird
Acis
River god
Sibyl at Cumae
Eternally old
Canens
Puddle
Anaxarete
Stone
Cipus
Horns from his head