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Classical Mythology and Ancient History > metamorphoses ~ classical mythology > metamorphoses of (fabulous) animals > snake changed into stone

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97N7snake changed into stone

97N metamorphoses of (fabulous) animals

97N71 a snake is turned into stone by Apollo as it attacks Orpheus' severed head washed ashore (Ovid, Metamorphoses XI 58)
97N72 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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ancient history
animal
classical antiquity
history
metamorphosis
monster
mythology
petrifying
snake
stone
transformation

97N7

snake changed into stone

Finnish
serpents changés en rocher

French
Schlangen werden in Steine verwandelt

German
serpente trasformato in pietra

Italian

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