Concept information
Preferred term
97AAmetamorphoses of female persons into trees
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- 97AA1 Daphne changed into a laurel-tree: while fleeing from Apollo, Daphne is changed into a laurel-tree by her father Peneus (Ovid, Metamorphoses I 548)
- 97AA2 Heliades changed into poplar-trees: while weeping over Phaeton's grave the Heliades are changed into poplar-trees, and their tears turn into beads of amber; their mother Clymene may be present (Ovid, Metamorphoses II 346)
- 97AA3 Leucothea changed into an incense bush: Apollo, Leucothea's lover, having tried in vain to recall her to life, changes Leucothea into an incense bush (Ovid, Metamorphoses IV 252)
- 97AA4 Myrrha changed into a myrtle-tree: when fleeing from her father's wrath, Myrrha is changed into a myrtle-tree (Ovid, Metamorphoses X 489)
- 97AA9 other metamorphoses of female persons into trees
- 97AA5 Philyra changed into a lime-tree: at the birth of Chiron, her son by Saturn, Philyra is changed into a lime-tree for shame of Chiron's appearance
- 97AA6 Phyllis changed into an almond-tree: after having killed herself in despair for Demophon's absence, Phyllis is changed into an almond-tree
- 97AA7 Pitys changed into a pine-tree: while fleeing from Pan, Pitys is changed into a pine-tree
- 97AA8 Thracian women changed into oak-trees: for murdering Orpheus, the Thracian (Ciconian) women are changed into oak-trees by Bacchus (Ovid, Metamorphoses XI 70)
Subject
- ancient history
- classical antiquity
- history
- metamorphosis
- mythology
- transformation
- tree
- woman
Notation
- 97AA
In other languages
URI
http://iconclass.org/97AA
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