THE METAMORPHOSES OF PUBLIUS OVIDIUS NASO

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