Concept information
Preferred term
97Kmetamorphoses ~ sex
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- 97K1 Caenis changed to Caeneus: when Neptune has ravished Caenis, he changes her at her request into the invulnerable hero Caeneus (Ovid, Metamorphoses XII 201)
- 97K2 Hermaphroditus and Salmacis changed into a hermaphrodite: at the prayer of the fountain-nymph Salmacis, who holds the bathing Hermaphroditus closely embraced, their bodies fuse (Ovid, Metamorphoses IV 373)
- 97K3 Iphis changed into a young man: in response to Iphis' prayer, Isis changes her into a young man to enable her to marry Ianthe (Ovid, Metamorphoses IX 785)
- 97K4 Me(s)tra changed into a fisherman: to support her father Erysichthon, Me(s)tra is changed into a fisherman by Neptune (Ovid, Metamorphoses VIII 853)
- 97K6 other metamorphoses ~ sex
- 97K5 the ashes of Orion's daughters changed into two youths: after Orion's daughters have voluntarily sacrificed themselves, their ashes are changed into two youths: the Coroni (Ovid, Metamorphoses XIII 698)
Subject
- ancient history
- classical antiquity
- history
- metamorphosis
- mythology
- sex
- transformation
Notation
- 97K
In other languages
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URI
http://iconclass.org/97K
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