Metamorphoses
Androgeos, Son of Minos, whose death in Athens he avenges, VII.656
Andromeda, Daughter of Cepheus and Cassiope; rescued by Perseus, IV.918
Anius, King and priest of Apollo on Delos, XIII.918
Antaeus, A Giant, IX.274
Antigone, Changed to a stork by Juno, VI.132
Antiphates, King of the Laestrygonians, XIV.336
Anubis, Dog-headed Egyptian god, IX.997
Aphrodite, See Venus, IV.531
Apis, Sacred ox worshiped by Egyptians, IX.999
Apollo (aka Phoebus and Delius, the latter from his birthplace, on Delos), Son of Jove and Latona; twin brother of Diana; the sun god, I.629
Arachne, Daughter of Idmon; rival (in weaving) of Minerva, VI.8
Arcadia, Region in the Peloponnese, I.304
Arcas, Son of Jupiter and Callisto, II.646
Ardea, Rutulian city; a heron sprang from its ashes, XIV.821
Areopagus, Site of the highest council of the Athenians, VI.99
Arethusa, Nymph of Elis; loved by Alpheus; became a spring, V.577
Argonauts, Band of Greek heroes, led by Jason, who set sail from Greece to Colchis in search of the Golden Fleece, VII.2
Argos, City in the Peloponnese, I.834
Argus, Hundred-eyed monster guarding Io; slain by Mercury, I.869
Ariadne, Daughter of Minos; abandoned lover of Theseus, VIII.238
Arne, Woman of Siphnos who betrayed her homeland for gold, VII.668
Ascalaphus, Son of Acheron and Orphne who betrayed Proserpina, V.712
Ascanius (aka Julus), Son of Aeneas and Creusa; first king of Alba Longa, XIII.912
Astraea, Goddess of justice, I.203
Astyanax, Son of Hector and Andromache; slain by Greeks, XIII.606
Atalanta, (1) Participant in Calydonian boar hunt and loved by Meleager, VIII.449; (2) Boeotian maiden famous for her speed in running, X.672
Athamas, Son of Aeolus; husband of Ino, III.728
Athena, See Minerva, II.1145
Athos, Mountain in Macedonia, II.289
Atlas, A Giant; son of Iapetas; a mountain in North Africa; supported the weight of the heavens on his shoulders, I.945
Atreus, Son of Pelops; father of Agamemnon and Menelaüs; king of Mycenae, XV.1077
Attis, Phrygian shepherd; beloved of Cybele, X.150
Augustus, Nephew of Julius Caesar adopted as his son; first Roman emperor; identified by Ovid with Jove, I.285
Aulis, Boeotian harbor where the Greeks gathered before sailing to Troy, XII.14
Aura, A fatal breeze, VII.1155
Aurora, Wife of Tithonus; mother of Memnon; goddess of the dawn; infatuated by Cephalus, II.155
Ausonia, Region of southern Italy or Italy itself, XIV.456
Auster, The south wind, I.92
Autolycus, Son of Mercury and Chione; grandfather of Ulysses; husband of Erysichthon’s daughter, VIII.1043
Autonoe, Daughter of Cadmus; mother of Actaeon; sister of Semele; aunt of Pentheus, III.250
Avernus, The underworld or its entrance at lake of same name in Campagna, V.714
Bacchantes, Devotees of Bacchus, III.904
Bacchiadae, Royal family of Corinth, V.573
Bacchus, Son of Jove and Semele; god of wine, III.407
Baucis, Pious old woman; wife of Philemon, VIII.890
Belides, The fifty daughters of Danaus, forty-nine of whom murdered their husbands on their wedding nights, IV.633
Bellona, Sister of Mars; goddess of war, V.226
Boeotia, Region in central Greece, I.432
Boötes, Constellation in the northern sky, II.237
Boreas, The north wind, I.90
Bubastis, Egyptian goddess similar to Diana, IX.998
Busiris, Egyptian king; serial murderer of strangers; slain by Hercules, IX.271
Byblis, Daughter of Miletus and Cyanee; twin sister of Caunis, whom she desires, IX.661
Cadmus, Son of Agenor; brother of Europa; husband of Harmonia; father of Semele, Autonoe, and Agave; founder of Thebes, III.6
Caeneus, Thessalian boy; born a girl, Caenis, VIII.427
Caenis, Thessalian girl who is turned into a boy, Caeneus, XII.280
Caesar, Julius (aka Julius), Roman soldier and statesman who traced his origins back to Venus and Anchises; ambition to rule Rome led to his assassination in 44 B.C.E.; civil war followed, and his adopted nephew Augustus emerged as first Roman emperor, I.281
Caïcus, River in Mysia, a country in Asia Minor, II.323
Caiëta, Aeneas’ old nurse; the place in Italy where she is buried, XIV.625
Calliope, Mother of Orpheus and Muse of poetry, V.503
Callirhoë, Daughter of Acheloüs; wife of Alcmaeon, IX.602
Callisto, Daughter of Lycaon; mother of Arcas, II.563
Calydon, Aetolian city; home of the hero Meleager, VI.593
Canens, Daughter of Janus and Venilia; wife of Picus, XIV.481
Canopus, An Egyptian city, XV.1036
Capaneus, One of the Seven against Thebes, IX.588
Caphereus, Promontory on the Euboean coast, XIV.672
Cassiope, Wife of Cepheus; mother of Andromeda, IV.1005
Castalian grotto, Site of a spring on Parnassus sacred to Apollo, III.18
Castor, Son of Tyndareus and Leda; twin brother of Pollux; one of the Gemini, XII.589
Caunus, Son of Miletus and Cyanee; twin brother of Byblis, IX.661
Cayster, River in Lydia, noted for its swans, II.337
Cecrops, Founder of Athens; father of Herse, Pandrosos, and Aglauros, II.770
Cenchreïs, Wife of Cinyras; mother of Myrrha, X.525
Centaurs, Sons of Ixion and a Juno-shaped cloud; bimanous quadrupeds, half man and half horse, IX.146
Cephalus, Grandson of Aeolus; husband of Procris; a prince of Athens, VI.986
Cepheus, Ethiopian king; Andromeda’s father, IV.917
Cephisus, River in Phocis; father of Narcissus, I.511
Cerastae, Horned Cypriots; turned into bulls by Venus, X.288
Cerberus, Three-headed watchdog of the underworld, IV.616
Ceres, (aka Demeter, in Greece), Sister of Jove; mother with him of Proserpina; goddess of agriculture, V.158
Ceryon, King of Eleusin, an Attic city, who challenged strangers to wrestle and killed the losers; slain by Theseus, VII.627
Ceyx, King of Trachin, a city in Thessaly; husband of Alcyone, XI.385
Chaos, Formless matter from which the cosmos was shaped, I.9
Chariclo, Water nymph; mother of Ocyrhoë, II.886
Charybdis, Whirlpool between Italy and Sicily, VII.99
Chimaera, Lion-headed, goat-bodied, snake-tailed, fire-breathing monster, VI.486
Chione, Daughter of Daedalion; loved by Apollo and Mercury; mother of Philammon and Autolycus, XI.429
Chiron, Wisest of centaurs; raised Aesculapius, II.875
Cinyras, Father of Myrrha and of her son, Adonis, VI.139
Cipus, Legendary Roman praetor, XV.668
Circe, Daughter of the Sun and the sea nymph Perse; a magician unlucky in love, IV.284
Cithaeron, Mountain in Boeotia, II.298
Clymene, Mother of Phaëthon and the Heliades; wife of Ethiopian Merops, I.1048
Clytie, Loved Apollo; changed to a flower, IV.286
Corinth, City of Greece on the Isthmus of Corinth, II.320
Coronae, Two boys who sprang from ashes of Orion’s daughters, XIII.1011
Coronis, Nymph beloved of Apollo; mother of Aesculapius, II.750
Crocus, Youth who died of love for Smilax; changed into a flower, IV.392
Croton, Host of Hercules; man for whom the Italian city of Crotona is named, XV.23
Cumae, Colony on coast of Campagna; home of the Sybil, XIV.150
Cupid, Son of Venus and Mars; god of love, I.631
Cures, Principal city of the Sabines; home of Numa, XV.11
Cyane, Water nymph whose objections to the rape of Proserpina saw her changed into a fountain, V.577
Cyanee, Mother of Byblis and Caunis, IX.657
Cybele, Phrygian mother of gods; lover of Attis, X.149
Cyclops, Race of savage one-eyed giants; employed by Vulcan in thunderbolt production; Polyphemus was one of them, I.359
Cycnus, (1) Self-sacrificing son of Sthenelus; changed to a swan while mourning Phaëthon, II.496; (2) Petulant son of Apollo and Hyrie; changed to a swan by Apollo after leaping from a cliff, VII.521; (3) Invulnerable son of Neptune and Canace; changed to a swan by his father after being slain by Achilles, XII.106
Cyllarus, Centaur beloved of Hylonome, XII.578
Cyllene, Mountain in Arcadia; birthplace of Mercury, I.302
Cynthia, See Diana, XV.626
Cynthus, Mountain in Delos; birthplace of Diana, II.296
Cyparissus, Youth beloved of Apollo; changed to cypress, X.167
Cythera, Island in the Aegean sacred to Venus, IV.402
Daedalion, Son of Lucifer; brother of Ceyx; father of Chione, XI.420
Daedalus, Father of Icarus; uncle of Perdix; Athenian architect, VIII.219
Danaë, Daughter of Acrisius; mother of Perseus by Jove, who came to her as a golden shower, IV.837
Danaüs, Father of the Belides, X.58
Daphne, Daughter of Peneus; Apollo’s first love; changed to laurel, I.628
Daphnis, Phrygian shepherd boy, IV.384
Daulis, City in Phocis, V.403
Deianira, Daughter of Oeneus and Althaea; sister of Meleager; wife of Hercules, VIII.777
Deiphobus, Son of Priam; a Trojan hero, XII.803
Delius, See Apollo, V.485
Delos, Island in the Cyclades that sheltered Latona when she gave birth to Apollo and Diana, III.773
Delphi, City in Phocis; home of Apollo’s oracle, I.712
Demeter, See Ceres, VI.160
Dercetis, Syrian goddess; mother of Semiramis, IV.74
Deucalion, Son of Prometheus; husband of Pyrrha; saved from Jove’s flood, I.439
Dia, Old name for island of Naxos, VIII.243
Diana (aka Phoebe and Cynthia), Daughter of Jove and Latona; twin brother of Apollo; goddess of chastity, hunting, childbirth, and the moon, I.671
Diomedes, Greek hero at Troy; companion of Ulysses, XII.909
Dis, Son of Saturn; brother of Jove and Neptune; husband of Proserpina; king of the underworld, IV.602
Dodona, City in Epirus famed as site of Jove’s oracle and sacred oaks, VII.888
Dolon, Trojan spy captured by Ulysses and Diomedes, XIII.141
Doris, Daughter of Oceanus and Tethys; wife of Nereus; mother of Nereids, II.13
Dryads, Wood nymphs, VIII.1053
Dryope, Mother (by Apollo) of Amphissus; husband of Andraemon; changed to tree by water nymph, IX.480
Echinades, Islands formed when Acheloüs grew angry with indifferent nymphs, VIII.846
Echion, Husband of Agave; father of Pentheus; survivor sprung from dragon’s teeth sown by Cadmus, III.157
Echo, Wood nymph deprived by Juno of power to initiate conversation; in love with Narcissus, III.470
Egeria, Nymph; wife of Numa, XV.559
Elis, City and region in the western Peloponnese, II.941
Elpenor, Comrade of Ulysses, XIV.362
Elysian Fields, Abode of the blessed in the underworld, XI.87
Enipeus, River in Thessaly, VI.165
Epaphus, Son of Jupiter and Io, I.1034
Epidaurus, City in Argolis sacred to Aesculapius, III.357
Epimetheus, Brother of Prometheus; father of Pyrrha, I.540
Erebus, Another name for the underworld, XIV.573
Erectheus, King of Athens; father of Orithyia and Procris, VI.982
Erichthonius, Son of Vulcan and Mother Earth; raised by Minerva; a legendary Athenian ruler, II.766
Erigone, Daughter of Icarus; constellated as Virgo, VI.178
Erysichthon, Cut down the sacred tree of Ceres, VIII.1042
Eryx, Mountain on Sicily sacred to Venus, II.296
Etruria, Country in central Italy; home of Etruscans, XV.639
Europa, Daughter of Agenor; taken by Jove; mother of Minos and Rhadamanthus, III.3
Eurus, The east wind, I.84
Eurydice, Wife of Orpheus, X.43
Eurylochus, Companion of Ulysses, XIV.361
Eurynome, Mother of Leucothoë, IV.290
Evander, Founded city of Pallanteum in Latium; aided Aeneas, XIV.646
Evippe, Wife of Pierus; mother of the Pierides, V.442
Fates, Three sisters (Clotho, Atropos, and Lachesis), originally Greek but known to the Romans as the Parcae; said to have unlimited power over gods and men, whose destinies they inscribed on tablets of bronze, I.355
Faunus, Deity of the woods; identified with Pan, VI.473
Furies, Three sisters (Alecto, Tisiphone, and Megaera), originally Greek, but known to the Romans as the Furiae; goddesses of vengeance, who torture the guilty in the underworld and sometimes drive the living to madness and frenzy, I.335
Galanthis, Servant of Alcmena; changed into a weasel, IX.447
Galatea, Sea nymph; lover of Acis; pursued by Polyphemus, XIII.1070
Ganymede, Boy beloved of Jove, X.214
Gargraphie, Grove and spring in Boeotia sacred to Diana, III.194
Gemini, Castor and Pollux, twin sons of Tindareus and Leda; later constellated as the Twins, VIII.526
Geryon, Monster with three bodies; slain by Hercules, IX.275
Giants, Race of monsters born from Mother Earth who challenged Jove and the Olympian gods; defeated by him in the course of the Gigantomachy, or fight with the Giants, they were imprisoned under the earth, often in volcanic areas, I.206
Glaucus, Mortal changed into sea god; infatuated by Scylla, VII.334
Gorgon, Any of three daughters of Phorcys whose gaze turned men to stone; Medusa, principally, who was slain by Perseus, IV.847
Graces, Roman Gratiae; beautiful nymphs attendant on Venus, VI.614
Granicus, Father of Alexiroë river and river god in Asia Minor, XI.1086
Haemus, Thracian man changed into mountain of same name for taking name of Jove, II.293
Harmonia, Daughter of Mars and Venus; wife of Cadmus; mentioned but not named in IV.776
Harpies, Winged goddesses, half bird, half maiden; makers of mischief, VII.6
Harpocrates, Egyptian god of silence, shown with finger on mouth, IX.1000
Hebe, Fatherless daughter of Juno; Hercules’ wife in heaven, IX.581
Hebrus, River in Thrace, II.342
Hecate, Goddess of underworld and enchantments, VI.199
Hector, Son of Priam and Hecuba; father of Astyanax; greatest Trojan hero, XI.1080
Hecuba, Wife of Priam; mother of Hector, Polyxena, and Polydorus, XI.1083
Helen, Daughter of Leda and Jove (or Tindareus); cause of Trojan War, VII.504
Helenus, Prophetically gifted son of Priam, XIII.141
Heliades, Daughters of the Sun and Clymene, whose grief for their brother Phaëthon sees them changed into poplars, their tears into amber, II.454
Helicon, Mountain in Boeotia sacred to the Muses, II.293
Hercules, Son of Jove (or Amphitryon) and Alcmena; husband of Deianira and Hebe; father of Tlepolemus; greatest of Greek heroes; granted immortality by Jove, VII.509
Hermes, See Mercury, IV.531
Herse, Daughter of Cecrops; beloved of Mercury, II.774
Hersilia, Wife of Romulus; became Hora after her apotheosis, XIV.1211
Hesperides, Daughters of Night (or of Atlas and Hesperis); guardians of a tree of golden apples, XI.163
Hesperus, Evening star, V.611
Hippodame, Wife of Pirithoüs, XII.314
Hippolytus, Son of Theseus and the Amazon Hippolyte; dies and is reborn as Virbius, XV.566
Hippomenes, Son of Megareus; the youth who outraced Atalanta and wed her; changed into a lion by Cybele, X.682
Hora, See Hersilia, XIV.1242
Hyacinthus, Spartan youth; loved by Apollo, X.220
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Hydra, Water serpent, a dragon-like monster, II.907
Hyllus, Son of Hercules and Deianira; husband of Iole, IX.412
Hylonome, She-centaur; beloved of Cyllarus, XII.596
Hymenaeus, God of marriage, VI.614
Hymettus, Mountain in Attica, VII.1001
Hypaepa, Town in Lydia; home of Arachne, VI.20
Hyperion, One of the Titans; father of the sun god or the Sun himself, IV.267
Hyrie, Lake in Boeotia, named for mother of petulant Cycnus, VII.520
Iacchus, Another name for Bacchus; the ritual cry of his worshipers, IV.24
Ianthe, Betrothed of Iphis, IX.1033
Iapetas, One of the Titans; father of Atlas and Prometheus, IV.863
Icarus, (1) Son of Daedalus, VIII.269; (2) Father of Erigone; constellated as Boötes, X.542
Ida, Mountain near Troy, II.291
Idmon, Father of Arachne, VI.13
Ilium, Another name for Troy, XIII.288
Inachus, Father of Io; Thessalian river and river god, I.806
Indiges, See Aeneas, XIV.871
Indigetes, A term used for local gods and heroes, XV.1087
Ino, Daughter of Cadmus; wife of Athamas; foster mother of Bacchus; aunt of Pentheus; deified as Leucothoë, III.403
Io, daughter of Inachus; raped by Jove; changed to a heifer; worshiped in Egypt as Isis, I.809
Iolaüs, Nephew of Hercules; restored to youth by Hebe, VIII.436
Iole, Maiden loved by Hercules; wed by his son Hyllus, IX.210
Iphigenia, Daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra; sacrificed by her father at Aulis or saved by Diana, XII.44
Iphis, (1) Daughter of Ligdus and Telethusa; changed to young man by Isis, IX.964; (2) Cypriot youth who loves Anaxaretes, XIV.1014
Iris, Goddess of the rainbow; messenger of Juno, I.374
Isis, An Egyptian deity, the deified Io, IX.1112
Ithaca, Island in the Ionian Sea; home of Ulysses, XIII.745
Itys, Son of Tereus and Procne, VI.628
Ixion, Lapith king; father of Pirithoüs and the centaurs; punished in underworld for attempted rape of Juno, IV.631
Janus, Two-faced Roman god of entrances, bridges, and archways, XIV.476
Jason, Son of Aeson; lover of Medea; leader of the Argonauts, VII.9
Jove (aka Jupiter), Son of Saturn; husband of Juno; ruler of heaven, I.147
Julus, See Ascanius, XIV.836
Julius, See Caesar (Julius), XV.512