Concept information
Preferred term
97Nmetamorphoses of (fabulous) animals
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- 97N1 ants changed to men: in answer to the prayer of Aeacus, Jupiter changes ants into men, the Myrmidons (Ovid, Metamorphoses VII 635)
- 97N2 bull changed to stag: to avoid detection of the theft of the bull by Bacchus' son, the bull is changed into a stag
- 97N3 Cerberus' foam changed into aconite: when Hercules drags Cerberus forth from Hades as his twelfth labour, Cerberus' foam turns into aconite (Ovid, Metamorphoses VII 418)
- 97N4 crow changed from white to black: because the crow has betrayed Coronis' infidelity, Apollo changes it from white to black (Ovid, Metamorphoses II 631)
- 97N5 Laelaps changed into stone: when Cephalus' dog, Laelaps, pursues the beast that plagued Thebes, they both turn into stone
- 97N6 Maera changed into a constellation: Maera, Erigone's dog, is changed into a constellation when pining away after the death of Icarius and Erigone
- 97N9 other metamorphoses of (fabulous) animals
- 97N7 snake changed into stone
- 97N8 wolf turned to marble: at the prayer of Peleus and Thetis, a wolf is turned into marble by Psamathe because it had attacked the cattle that Peleus was herding on the sea-shore (Ovid, Metamorphoses X 401)
Subject
- ancient history
- animal
- classical antiquity
- history
- metamorphosis
- monster
- mythology
- transformation
In other languages
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URI
http://iconclass.org/97N
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