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Classical Mythology and Ancient History > metamorphoses ~ classical mythology > metamorphoses of male persons into mammals > Cerastae changed into bullocks: because they sacrifice human beings to Jupiter, the Cerastae (horned people of Cyprus) are changed into bullocks by Venus (Ovid, Metamorphoses X 222)

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97C2Cerastae changed into bullocks: because they sacrifice human beings to Jupiter, the Cerastae (horned people of Cyprus) are changed into bullocks by Venus (Ovid, Metamorphoses X 222)  

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  • ancient history
  • animal
  • bull
  • Cerastae
  • classical antiquity
  • Cyprus
  • history
  • horn
  • human sacrifice
  • Jupiter
  • mammal
  • man
  • metamorphosis
  • mythology
  • Ovid, Metamorphoses 10
  • transformation
  • Venus

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