THE METAMORPHOSES OF PUBLIUS OVIDIUS NASO
THE METAMORPHOSES OF PUBLIUS OVIDIUS NASO
THE METAMORPHOSES OF PUBLIUS OVIDIUS NASO
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14<br />
LIBER m.<br />
I. Cadmus, in search of his sister<br />
Europe, comes to Bccotia, where<br />
INDEX METAMORPHOSEON.<br />
he slays the dragon ..... 198<br />
IL The teeth of the dragon, sown in<br />
the earth by the command of Mi<br />
nerva, are changed to armed men 206<br />
III. ActaKm changed to a stag by Diana,<br />
in consequence of surprising her<br />
when bathing, is eaten up by hift<br />
own dogs ......... 210<br />
IV. Juno changed into an old woman,<br />
procures the death of Semele . . 218<br />
V. Echo, in love with Narcissus, pines<br />
away, and is changed to a voice. 224<br />
VI. Narcissus, in love with himself,<br />
pines away, and is changed to a<br />
daffodil .......... 230<br />
VH. The triumphs of Bacchus, and rage<br />
ofFentheus ........ 233<br />
VHI. The Tyrrhene sailor* attempt to<br />
carry off Bacchus, and are<br />
changed to dolphins ..... 244<br />
IX. The death of Fentheus, who is torn<br />
in pieces by Bacchanals. His<br />
mother Agave, and his aunt An-<br />
10008, are the principal actors . 252<br />
LIBER IV.<br />
FABULA<br />
I. The Minyeides despise1 the festival<br />
of Bacchus, and continue their<br />
labors, which they lighten by the<br />
recital of stories. Transforma<br />
tion of Dercetit into a fish; that<br />
of Semiramis Into a dove . . . 253<br />
" H. The story of Fyramua and Thisbe;<br />
mulberries changed from white<br />
to black; the Minyeides changed<br />
to bats .......... 266<br />
HI. Juno descends to the infernal re<br />
gions, and employs a Fury to de<br />
stroy the house of Athamas . . £74<br />
IV. Ino and her son Melicerta changed<br />
to marine deities; their compa<br />
nions to rocks and birds.... 260<br />
V. Cadmus and Hermione changed to<br />
serpents in Illyria ...... £86<br />
VI. Atlas changed to a mountain . . . 291<br />
VII. Perseus slays the sea-monster to<br />
which Andromeda was exposed,<br />
and marries her....... SOS<br />
VIIL Medusa slain by Ferseus; the<br />
winged horse Fegasus and his<br />
brother Chrysaor spring from her<br />
blood ........... 301<br />
SCANNING TABLE.<br />
HEXAMETER verse contains dactyls and spondees, and consists of six<br />
feet. When regular, the fifth foot is always a dactyl, and the sixth a<br />
spondee. An irregular line sometimes admits a spondee, instead of a<br />
dactyl, in the fifth foot, and is therefore called spondaic.<br />
Of regular hexameter lines, then.1 are sixteen varieties, owing to the<br />
different arrangement of the dactyls and spondees. ,"<br />
In the references to the Scanning Table, the number opposite to each<br />
line shows the variety to which each verse belongs. Thus, Verse 1,<br />
marked II, must be scanned according to the llth variety in the table.<br />
Dacl.<br />
In nova<br />
Diet I Spend.<br />
fert am I mus mu<br />
Spond.<br />
tatas<br />
Out<br />
dicere<br />
Spend.<br />
formas.<br />
An asterisk fj * ~] in the references, denotes a poetic license in the verse,<br />
as when a long syllable is made short, or a short syllable long, a syllable<br />
preserved from elision, or two syllables contracted into one.<br />
An obelisk [ t ] denotes a spondaic verse.<br />
A consonant is often doubled to lengthen a preceding syllable; as<br />
re/ligio for religio; re/tulit for retulit.<br />
I.<br />
II.<br />
III.<br />
IV.<br />
V.<br />
VI.<br />
VII.<br />
VIII.<br />
IX.<br />
X.<br />
- XI.<br />
XII.<br />
XIII.<br />
XIV.<br />
XV.<br />
XVI.<br />
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