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Classical Mythology and Ancient History > metamorphoses ~ classical mythology > metamorphoses of male persons into birds > metamorphoses of male persons into birds (first series) > 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)

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97D11Aesacus 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)  

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  • Aesacus
  • ancient history
  • animal
  • Asterope
  • bird
  • classical antiquity
  • diving-bird
  • history
  • jumping
  • man
  • metamorphosis
  • mythology
  • Ovid, Metamorphoses 11
  • sea
  • suicide
  • Tethys
  • transformation

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