Metamorphoses
Classical transformation narratives
Metamorphoses is a narrative poem by the Roman poet Ovid, composed around 8 CE.
It recounts over 250 Greek and Roman myths involving transformations—gods becoming animals, humans turned to stone or stars.
The work profoundly influenced Western art and literature, providing source material for countless paintings, operas, and retellings from the Renaissance onward. (Lowercase metamorphoses is the plural of metamorphosis.)
Ancient Roman poet
- mythologyBody of traditional tales
- classicsWorks of lasting value
- epicImpressively grand in scope
- poetryMetrical literary composition
Roman · tales · myths · legends · gods · heroes · ancient · Latin
Czech-Jewish literary surname
- allegorySymbolic tale with deeper meaning
- surrealismIrrational, dreamlike aesthetic
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- interpretationAssigned meaning
retelling · translation · intertextuality · classical · canon · Western · humanist · Renaissance
Ovid
Ancient Roman poet
poetry · Roman · tales · myths · legends · gods · heroes · ancient · Latin · verses
Kafka
Czech-Jewish literary surname
- allegorySymbolic tale with deeper meaning
- surrealismIrrational, dreamlike aesthetic
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
interpretation · retelling · translation · intertextuality · classical · canon · Western · humanist · Renaissance
- Ancient RomeRome, Julius Caesar, Caesar, gladiator, gladiators
- Classical MythologyZeus, Apollo, Venus, Athena, Aphrodite
- mythologyZeus, Apollo, Athena, Poseidon, Odin
- PoemsThe Raven, Ozymandias, Invictus, Paradise Lost, Beowulf
- Roman mythologyJupiter, Mars, Juno, Venus, Neptune
- classicsHomer, Iliad, the Iliad, Odyssey, the Odyssey
Metamorphosesstasis
State of inactivity
permanence · fixity · immutability · constancy · stability
- The MetamorphosisNovella about human-to-insect change