Concept information
Preferred term
97DD1metamorphoses of female persons into birds (first series)
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- 97DD11 Aedon, wife of Polytechnus, changed into a nightingale: when pursued by her husband for having slain her son Itys, Aedon, through the pity of Jupiter, is changed into a nightingale; Chelidon(is), Aedon's sister, and Polytechnus are also transformed into birds
- 97DD12 Aedon, wife of Zethus, changed into a nightingale: in despair, because she has slain her son Itylus, Aedon is changed into a nightingale
- 97DD13 Alcyone and Ceyx changed into kingfishers: when Alcyone finds the body of her husband Ceyx washed ashore, they are both changed into kingfishers (Ovid, Metamorphoses XI 741)
- 97DD14 Anius' daughters changed into doves: to escape Agamemnon, who wishes to carry them with him to Troy, Anius' daughters are changed into doves by Bacchus (Ovid, Metamorphoses XIII 673)
- 97DD15 Antigone changed into a stork: for comparing herself to Juno, the goddess changes Antigone, daughter of Laomedon, into a stork (Ovid, Metamorphoses VI 93)
- 97DD16 Arne changed into a daw: for receiving gold as the price for betraying her fatherland to Minos, Arne is changed into a daw (Ovid, Metamorphoses VII 464)
- 97DD17 Asteria changed into a quail: to escape the love of Jupiter, Asteria is changed into a quail
- 97DD18 Coronis changed into a crow: to escape the love of Neptune, Coronis, daughter of Coroneus, is changed into a crow by Minerva (Ovid, Metamorphoses II 569)
- 97DD19 Ctesylla changed into a dove: at Ctesylla's funeral, a dove springs from her body (Ovid, Metamorphoses VII 369)
Subject
- ancient history
- animal
- bird
- classical antiquity
- history
- man
- metamorphosis
- mythology
- transformation
Notation
- 97DD1
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URI
http://iconclass.org/97DD1
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