... > Classical Mythology and Ancient History > metamorphoses ~ classical mythology > metamorphoses of male persons into birds > metamorphoses of male persons into birds (second series) > Picus changed into a woodpecker: Circe changes Picus into a woodpecker because, faithful to his wife Canens, he spurns the love of the goddess (Ovid, Metamorphoses XIV 386) > Circe changes Picus' companions, in search of their king, into various animals, because they threaten her (Ovid, Metamorphoses XIV 412)