Concept information
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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)
Preferred term
97D281Circe changes Picus' companions, in search of their king, into various animals, because they threaten her (Ovid, Metamorphoses XIV 412)
Subject
- ancient history
- animal
- bird
- Circe
- classical antiquity
- companion
- fidelity
- history
- husband and wife
- love unrequited
- man
- metamorphosis
- mythology
- Ovid, Metamorphoses 14
- Picus
- Picus' companions
- searching
- transformation
- woodpecker
Notation
- 97D281
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URI
http://iconclass.org/97D281
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