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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) > 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)

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97D18Cycnus, 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)  

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  • ancient history
  • animal
  • bird
  • classical antiquity
  • Cycnus (son of Sthenelus)
  • history
  • man
  • metamorphosis
  • mourning
  • mythology
  • Ovid, Metamorphoses 02
  • swan
  • transformation

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  • 97D18

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