Concept information
Preferred term
97D2metamorphoses of male persons into birds (second series)
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- 97D21 Diomedes' companions changed into herons: because they have insulted her, Venus changes Diomedes' companions into herons (Ovid, Metamorphoses XIV 494)
- 97D22 Hierax changed into a hawk: Mercury changes Hierax into a hawk, as punishment for informing Argus that the god was stealing Io
- 97D23 Memnon's ashes changed into birds: Memnon's ashes are changed into birds, the Memnonides; they rise from Memnon's funeral pyre and fight around his tomb (Ovid, Metamorphoses XIII 608)
- 97D24 Molussus and family changed into birds: Jupiter changes Molossus and his family into birds to save them from their house, which is set on fire by robbers (Ovid, Metamorphoses XIII 717)
- 97D25 Nisus changed into a fish-hawk: when killing himself after having been betrayed by his daughter Scylla, Nisus is changed into a fish-hawk (Ovid, Metamorphoses VIII 145)
- 97D26 Perdix changed into a partridge: when Perdix (Talus) is thrown from the Acropolis by the envious Daedalus, Minerva changes him into a partridge (Ovid, Metamorphoses VIII 250)
- 97D27 Periphas and Phene changed into eagle and fish-hawk: Jupiter, at Apollo's request, changes Periphas and Phene into an eagle and a fish-hawk instead of slaying them for having aroused his enmity (Ovid, Metamorphoses VII 400)
- 97D28 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)
Subject
- ancient history
- animal
- bird
- classical antiquity
- history
- man
- metamorphosis
- mythology
- transformation
Notation
- 97D2
In other languages
URI
http://iconclass.org/97D2
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