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Classical Mythology and Ancient History > metamorphoses ~ classical mythology > metamorphoses of female persons into water, air, or other elements > Egeria changed into a fountain: when Egeria's grief at the death of Numa Pompilius can not be assuaged, she melts away in tears, and is changed into a fountain (Ovid, Metamorphoses XV 546)

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97HH6Egeria changed into a fountain: when Egeria's grief at the death of Numa Pompilius can not be assuaged, she melts away in tears, and is changed into a fountain (Ovid, Metamorphoses XV 546)  

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  • air
  • ancient history
  • classical antiquity
  • Egeria
  • elements
  • fountain
  • history
  • man
  • metamorphosis
  • mourning
  • mythology
  • Numa Pompilius
  • Ovid, Metamorphoses 15
  • river-god
  • tear
  • transformation
  • water
  • weeping

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  • 97HH6

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