ClSt / ComL 200:
Notes and Supplements

The Structure of Ovid's Metamorphoses

Book 1

Proemium 1-4

The First Creation * * *

• Cosmogony 5-88
• Myth of Ages 89-150
• Gigantomachy 151-162

The Second Creation * * *

• Council of the Gods 163-261
  • Story of Lycaon (told by Jupiter) 211-243
• Flood 262-312
• Deucalion and Pyrrha 313-415

The Third Creation * * *

• Pytho 416-451

The Loves of the Gods * * *

• Apollo and Daphne 452-567
• Io 568-750
• Phaethon (beginning) 751-779

Book 2

• Phaethon (continuation) 1-400
• Callisto 401-530
• Apollo and Coronis (The Raven and the Crow) 531-675
• Mercury
  • and Battus 676-707
  • and Aglauros 708-832
• Europa 833-875

Book 3

Theban Cycle * * *

• Arrival of Cadmus 1-137
• Actaeon 138-252
• Semele (birth of Bacchus) 253-315
• Tiresias 316-338
• Narcissus and Echo 339-510
• Pentheus and Bacchus 511-733

Book 4

• Daughters of Minyas
  1. First daughter (unnamed):
     • Pyramus and Thisbe 55-166
  2. Second daughter (Leucippe)
     • Mars and Venus 167-189
     • Sol and Leucothoe 190-256
     • Sol and Clytie 256-270
  3. Third daughter (Alcithoe)
     • Salmacis and Hermaphroditus 271-388
  • Metamorphosis of the Daughters of Minyas 389-415
• Athamas and Ino 416-562
• Metamorphosis of Cadmus 563-603

Perseus Cycle

• Perseus' birth 604-611
• Perseus and Medusa 612-620
• Perseus and Atlas 621-662
• Perseus and Andromeda 663-771
  • Perseus and Medusa 772-803

Book 5

• Perseus and Cepheus 1-249

Contests

• Minerva
  • Hippocrene 250-294
  • Pierides v. Muses 295-678
    1. Pierides: Typhoeus 317-340
    2. One of the Muses: Ceres and Persephone 341-678
       • abduction of Proserpina 341-408
       • Cyane 409-437
       • Stellio 438-461
       • Arethusa (a) 462-508
       • Ceres and Jupiter 509-532
       • Ascalaphus 533-551
       • Sirens 551-563
       • Division of the year 564-571
       • Arethusa (b) 572-641
       • Triptolemus 642-661
    • Judgment of the nymphs of Helicon 662-678

Book 6

• Minerva v. Arachne
• Latona
  • v. Niobe
  • Lycian Peasants
  • Apollo v. Marsyas
  • Pelops

Athenian Cycle

• Tereus, Procne, and Philomela
• Erechtheus, Boreas, and Orithyia

Book 7

• Jason and Medea
• Theseus (7.404-9.97)
  • in Crete
    • Minos
      • on Aegina
        • Plague of Aegina
        • Myrmidons
        • Cephalus and Procris

Book 8

• at Megara
  • Scylla
• Daedalus
  • the Labyrinth
  • Ariadne
  • Daedalus and Icarus
  • Perdix
• in Aetolia
  • Meleager
  • Achelous
    • Perimele
    • Philemon and Baucis
    • Proteus
    • Erysichthon

Book 9

• Hercules Cycle
• Dryope
• Iolaus and the Sons of Callirhoe
• Byblis
• Iphis and Ianthe

Book 10

Orpheus Cycle

• Orpheus and Eurydice
• Descent to the Underworld
• Cyparissus
• Songs:
  • Ganymede
  • Hyacinthus
  • Cerastae
  • Propoetides
  • Pygmalion
  • Myrrha
  • Venus and Adonis
    • Atalanta and Hippomenes

Book 11

• Death of Orpheus
• Midas
Trojan Cycle
• Foundation of Troy
• Peleus and Thetis
• Daedalion
• Cattle of Peleus
• Ceyx and Alcyone
• Aesacus

Book 12

• Trojan War
• Achilles and Cycnus
• Caenis
• Lapiths and Centaurs
• Nestor and Hercules
• Death of Achilles

Book 13

• Ajax and Ulysses
• Sack of Troy
• Hecuba, Polyxena, and Polydorus
• Memnon

Little "Aeneid"
• Aeneas
• Acis, Galatea, and Polyphemus
• Scylla and Glaucus

Book 14

• Scylla and Glaucus
• Circe
• Picus and Canens
• Apotheosis of Aeneas
Rome
• Pomona and Vertumnus
• Romulus

Book 15

• Numa
• Pythagoras
• Hippolytus
• Cipus
• Aesculapius
• Julius Caesar
Epilogue