Metamorphoses (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Ovid
- First Published: 8
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Type of Plot: Mythic
- Time of Work: Indeterminate
- Setting: Realms of the gods, Greece, and the Roman Empire
- Genres: Poetry, Mythological literature, Narrative poetry
- Subjects: Mythology or myths, Europe or Europeans, Literature, Poetry or poets, Flowers, Legends, Birds, Entertaining or entertainers, Greek or Roman times, Greece or Greek people, Metamorphosis or transmogrification, Ear
- Locales: Greece, ancient, Roman Empire, Realms of the gods
Characters Discussed
Jove, the Thunderer, god of the sky. He appears in two guises: as king of Mount Olympus and as habitual seducer of nymphs and young girls. As ruler, he is so offended by the evil excesses of the men of the Iron Age, especially Lycaon, that he transforms Lycaon into a wolf and cleanses the earth with a great flood. As seducer, he is unable both to restrain his passion for Io, Europa, Callisto, Semele, and others and to protect them from the jealous ire of his wife, Juno.
Apollo, also known as Phoebus (FEE-buhs), the god of the sun. He also exhibits...
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