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Classical Mythology and Ancient History > metamorphoses ~ classical mythology > metamorphoses of male persons into birds > metamorphoses of male persons into birds (second series) > Picus changed into a woodpecker: Circe changes Picus into a woodpecker because, faithful to his wife Canens, he spurns the love of the goddess (Ovid, Metamorphoses XIV 386)

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97D28Picus changed into a woodpecker: Circe changes Picus into a woodpecker because, faithful to his wife Canens, he spurns the love of the goddess (Ovid, Metamorphoses XIV 386)  

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  • ancient history
  • animal
  • bird
  • Circe
  • classical antiquity
  • fidelity
  • history
  • husband and wife
  • love unrequited
  • man
  • metamorphosis
  • mythology
  • Ovid, Metamorphoses 14
  • Picus
  • transformation
  • woodpecker

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