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Classical Mythology and Ancient History > metamorphoses ~ classical mythology > metamorphoses of (fabulous) animals > snake changed into stone > a snake is turned into stone by Jupiter, after swallowing eight young birds and their mother (when the Greeks are assembled in Aulis before sailing to Troy)

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97N72a snake is turned into stone by Jupiter, after swallowing eight young birds and their mother (when the Greeks are assembled in Aulis before sailing to Troy)  

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Subject

  • ancient history
  • animal
  • Aulis
  • bird
  • classical antiquity
  • history
  • Jupiter
  • metamorphosis
  • monster
  • mythology
  • petrifying
  • snake
  • stone
  • transformation

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  • 97N72

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