Begreppsinformation
Föredragen term
97Cmetamorphoses of male persons into mammals
Överordnat begrepp
Underordnade begrepp
- 97C1 Actaeon changed into a stag: as punishment for seeing her bathe, Diana changes Actaeon, the hunter, into a stag (Ovid, Metamorphoses III 193)
- 97C2 Cerastae changed into bullocks: because they sacrifice human beings to Jupiter, the Cerastae (horned people of Cyprus) are changed into bullocks by Venus (Ovid, Metamorphoses X 222)
- 97C3 horns growing on Cipus' head: when horns grow upon his head, Cipus, the Roman praetor, consults a diviner and is told that he must be king; but rather than destroy the Republican constitution he banishes himself (Ovid, Metamorphoses XV 565)
- 97C4 Lycaon changed into a wolf: Jupiter changes Lycaon into a wolf as punishment for offering the god, who is sitting at table, human flesh to eat; Lycaon's house is struck with lightning (Ovid, Metamorphoses I 237)
- 97C5 Lyncus changed into a lynx: Ceres changes Lyncus into a lynx when he is on the point of murdering the sleeping Triptolemus (Ovid, Metamorphoses V 657)
- 97C6 Midas given ass's ears: Apollo gives Midas ass's ears as punishment for preferring Pan in the musical contest between Apollo and Pan (Ovid, Metamorphoses XI 174)
- 97C9 other metamorphoses of male persons into mammals
- 97C7 Tyrrhenian sailors changed into dolphins: when Bacchus turns himself into a lion and has a vine grow about the ship, the Tyrrhenian sailors out of terror jump into the sea, and are metamorphosed into dolphins (Ovid, Metamorphoses III 662)
- 97C8 Ulysses' companions changed into swine: when they drink from the cup offered by Circe, the enchantress, Ulysses' companions change into swine (Ovid, Metamorphoses XIV 276)
Ämnesområde
- ancient history
- animal
- classical antiquity
- history
- mammal
- man
- metamorphosis
- mythology
- transformation
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URI
http://iconclass.org/97C
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