/r/TrueLit's Top 100 Books (2020)
Metamorphoses
Ovid
3 mins to start
8 hrs to read

Contents

Book the First
The Creation of the World
3 mins
The Golden Age
1 min
The Silver Age
1 min
The Brazen Age
1 min
The Iron Age
1 min
The Giants' War
12 mins
The Transformation of Daphne into a Lawrel
5 mins
The Transformation of Io into a Heyfer
5 mins
The Transformation of Syrinx into Reeds
4 mins
Book the Second
The Story of Phaeton
11 mins
Phaeton's Sisters transform'd into Trees
1 min
The Transformation of Cycnus into a Swan
1 min
The Story of Calisto
5 mins
The Story of Coronis, and Birth of Aesculapius
3 mins
Ocyrrhoe transform'd into a Mare
1 min
The Transformation of Battus to a Touch stone
1 min
The Story of Aglauros, transform'd into a Statue
4 mins
Europa's Rape
2 mins
Book the Third
The Story of of Cadmus
6 mins
The Transformation of Actaeon into a Stag
3 mins
The Birth of Bacchus
3 mins
The Transformation of Tiresias
1 min
The Transformation of Echo
1 min
The Story of Narcissus
4 mins
The Story of Pentheus
2 mins
The Mariners transform'd to Dolphins
4 mins
The Death of Pentheus
1 min
Book the Fourth
The Story of Alcithoe and her Sisters
2 mins
The Story of Pyramus and Thisbe
5 mins
The Story of Leucothoe and the Sun
4 mins
The Transformation of Clytie
1 min
The Story of Salmacis and Hermaphroditus
4 mins
Alcithoe and her Sisters transform'd to Bats
1 min
The Transformation of Ino and Melicerta to Sea-Gods
5 mins
The Transformation of the Theban Matrons
1 min
Cadmus and his Queen transform'd to Serpents
1 min
The Story of Perseus
1 min
Atlas transform'd to a Mountain
1 min
Andromeda rescu'd from the Sea Monster
4 mins
The Story of Medusa's Head
1 min
Book the Fifth
The Story of Perseus continu'd
11 mins
Minerva's Interview with the Muses
1 min
The Fate of Pyreneus
1 min
The Story of the Pierides
1 min
The Song of the Pierides
1 min
The Song of the Muses
2 mins
The Rape of Proserpine
1 min
Cyane dissolves to a Fountain
1 min
A Boy transform'd to an Eft
4 mins
The Transformation of Ascalaphus into an Owl
2 mins
The Story of Arethusa
3 mins
The Transformation of Lyncus
1 min
The Pierides transform'd to Magpies
1 min
Book the Sixth
The Transformation of Arachne into a Spider
6 mins
The Story of Niobe
6 mins
The Transformation of Niobe
1 min
The Peasants of Lycia transform'd to Frogs
2 mins
The Fate of Marsyas
1 min
The Story of Pelops
1 min
The Story of Tereus, Procne, and Philomela
13 mins
Boreas in Love
2 mins
Book the Seventh
The Story of Medea and Jason
4 mins
The Dragon's Teeth transform'd to Men
2 mins
Old Aeson restor'd to Youth
6 mins
The Death of Pelias
4 mins
The Story of Aegeus
5 mins
The Story of Ants chang'd to Men
6 mins
The Story of Cephalus and Procris
6 mins
Book the Eighth
The Story of Nisus and Scylla
7 mins
The Labyrinth
1 min
The Story of Daedalus and Icarus
3 mins
The Story of Meleager and Atalanta
14 mins
Perimele turn'd into an Island
1 min
The Story of Baucis and Philemon
6 mins
The Changes of Proteus
1 min
The Story of Erisichthon
5 mins
The Transformations of Erisichthon's Daughter
1 min
Book the Ninth
The Story of Achelous and Hercules
3 mins
The Death of Nessus the Centaur
1 min
The Death of Hercules
3 mins
The Transformation of Lychas into a Rock
1 min
The Apotheosis of Hercules
1 min
The Transformation of Galanthis
1 min
The Fable of Dryope
3 mins
Iolaus restor'd to Youth
1 min
The Prophecy of Themis
1 min
The Debate of the Gods
1 min
The Passion of of Byblis
7 mins
The Fable of Iphis and Ianthe
6 mins
Book the Tenth
The Story of Orpheus and Eurydice
5 mins
The Fable of Cyparissus
2 mins
Hyacinthus transform'd into a Flower
2 mins
The Transformations of the Cerastae and Propoetides
1 min
The Story of Pygmalion and the Statue
3 mins
The Story of of Cinyras and Myrrha
12 mins
The Story of Venus and Adonis
10 mins
Book the Eleventh
The Death of Orpheus
3 mins
The Thracian Women transform'd to Trees
1 min
The Fable of Midas
5 mins
The Building of Troy
1 min
The Story of Thetis and Peleus
1 min
The Transformation of Daedalion
2 mins
A Wolf turn'd into Marble
2 mins
The Story of Ceyx and Alcyone
8 mins
The House of Sleep
7 mins
Aesacus transform'd into a Cormorant
1 min
Book the Twelfth
The Trojan War
1 min
The House of Fame
1 min
The Story of Cygnus
4 mins
The Story of Caeneus
1 min
The Skirmish between the Centaurs and Lapithites
7 mins
The Story of Cyllarus and Hylonome
2 mins
Caeneus transform'd to an Eagle
3 mins
The Fate of Periclymenos
1 min
The Death of Achilles
2 mins
Book the Thirteenth
The Speeches of Ajax and Ulysses
18 mins
The Death of Ajax
1 min
The Story of Polyxena and Hecuba
7 mins
The Funeral of Memnon
2 mins
The Voyage of Aeneas
5 mins
The Story of Acis, Polyphemus and Galatea
7 mins
The Story of Glaucus and Scylla
3 mins
Book the Fourteenth
The Transformation of Scylla
1 min
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