Concept information
Preferred term
97HHmetamorphoses of female persons into water, air, or other elements
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- 97HH1 Arethusa changed into a fountain: Diana changes her attendant Arethusa into a fountain, after first having hidden her in a cloud to escape Alpheus, the river-god (Ovid, Metamorphoses V 621)
- 97HH2 Byblis changed into a fountain: after looking for Caunus everywhere, Byblis at last lies down, bathed in tears, and is changed into a fountain (Ovid, Metamorphoses IX 663)
- 97HH3 Canens changed into air and water: while grieving for the loss of Picus, her husband, Canens is changed into air and water (Ovid, Metamorphoses XIV 431)
- 97HH4 Cyane changed into a fountain: when trying to stop Pluto from abducting Proserpina, the nymph Cyane is changed into a fountain (Ovid, Metamorphoses V 411)
- 97HH5 Echo changed into a voice: when pining away on account of Narcissus, the nymph Echo is changed into a voice; at the same time her bones turn into stone (Ovid, Metamorphoses III 398)
- 97HH6 Egeria changed into a fountain: when Egeria's grief at the death of Numa Pompilius can not be assuaged, she melts away in tears, and is changed into a fountain (Ovid, Metamorphoses XV 546)
- 97HH7 Hyrie changed into a fountain: in her grief for the loss of Cycnus, her son by Apollo, Hyrie is changed into a fountain (Ovid, Metamorphoses VII 380)
- 97HH9 other metamorphoses of female persons into water, air, or other elements
- 97HH8 Pirene changed into a fountain: when pining away for the loss of her son Cenchreus, who inadvertently had been killed by Diana, Pirene is changed into a fountain on Mount Helicon
Subject
- air
- ancient history
- classical antiquity
- elements
- history
- metamorphosis
- mythology
- river-god
- transformation
- water
- woman
Notation
- 97HH
In other languages
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URI
http://iconclass.org/97HH
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