Concept information
Preferred term
97D1metamorphoses of male persons into birds (first series)
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- 97D11 Aesacus changed into a diving bird: in despair for having caused the death of Hesperia (or Asterope), Aesacus throws himself into the sea and is changed into a diving bird by Tethys (Ovid, Metamorphoses XI 783)
- 97D12 Argus' eyes changed into peacock's 'eyes' (ocelli): Juno sets Argus' eyes on her peacock, after Argus, while watching Io, has been slain by Mercury (Ovid, Metamorphoses I 723)
- 97D13 Ascalaphus changed into a screech-owl: as punishment for discovering she had eaten some pomegranates, Proserpina sprinkles water from the Phlegethon on Ascalaphus' head, thus changing him into a screech-owl (Ovid, Metamorphoses V 543)
- 97D14 Botres changed into a bee-eater: when Botres is slain by his father Eumelus for disturbing his sacrifice to Apollo, the god changes him into a bee-eater (Ovid, Metamorphoses VII 390)
- 97D15 Caeneus changed into a bird: when Caeneus, originally a girl (Caenis), is killed in the battle of the Lapiths and centaurs, he is changed into a bird (Ovid, Metamorphoses XII 522)
- 97D18 Cycnus, son of Sthenelus, changed into a swan: while grieving over the death of Phaethon, Cycnus, son of Sthenelus, is changed into a swan (Ovid, Metamorphoses II 373)
- 97D16 Cygnus, son of Apollo, changed into a swan: because his friend Phil(l)ius refused to give him the bull captured by the help of Hercules, Cycnus, the son of Apollo, leaps off a cliff, and is changed into a swan (Ovid, Metamorphoses VII 371)
- 97D17 Cygnus, son of Neptune, changed into a swan: when Achilles arrives in Trojan country he strangles Cycnus, son of Neptune; Cycnus is changed into a swan by his father (Ovid, Metamorphoses XII 144)
- 97D19 Daedalion changed into a hawk: while leaping from a cliff, crazed by the death of his daughter Chione, Daedalion is changed into a hawk by Apollo (Ovid, Metamorphoses XI 339)
Subject
- ancient history
- animal
- bird
- classical antiquity
- history
- man
- metamorphosis
- mythology
- transformation
Notation
- 97D1
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URI
http://iconclass.org/97D1
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