(영어로 읽는 고전_오비디우스의 변신 8~15>
The Metamorphoses(라틴어: Metamorph?s?s, 고대 그리스어: μεταμορφ?σει?: "변신")는 로마 시인 오비디우스가 8년에 쓴 라틴어 서사시다. 그의 가장 유명한 작품으로 인정받는다. 이 시는 250개 이상의 신화, 15권의 책, 11,995행으로 구성된 신화-역사적 틀에서 창조부터 율리우스 카이사르의 신격화까지 세계의 역사를 연대순으로 기록하고 있다.

(Classics to read in English_The Metamorphosis of Ovid 8~15>
The Metamorphoses (Latin: Metamorph?s?s, Ancient Greek: μεταμορφ?σει?: "metamorphoses") are Latin epics written by the Roman poet Ovid in the 8th century AD. It is recognized as his most famous work. The poem chronicles the history of the world from creation to the apotheosis of Julius Caesar in a mytho-historical framework comprising more than 250 myths, 15 books and 11,995 lines.

Contents

INTRODUCTION
A SYNOPTICAL VIEW
OF THE PRINCIPAL TRANSFORMATIONS MENTIONED IN THE METAMORPHOSES.

Book VIII
Fable I: Minos and Scylla
Fable II: Theseus and the Minotaur
Fable III: Dædalus and Icarus
Fable IV: Meleager and the Calydonian Boar
Fable V: Achelous tells the five Naiads’ stories
Fable VI: Baucis and Philemon; the transformations of Proteus
Fable VII: Erisicthon’s hunger

Book IX
Fable I: Hercules defeats Achelous to win Deianira
Fable II: Nessus and the death of Hercules
Fable III: Galanthis and the birth of Hercules
Fable IV: Lotis, Dryope and Iolaus
Fable V: Caunus and Byblis
Fable VI: Iphis and Ianthe

Book X
Fable I: Orpheus and Eurydice
Fable II: Orpheus sings to the rocks and trees; the transformation of Attis
Fable III: Cyparissus
Fable IV: Jupiter and Ganymede
Fable V: Apollo accidentally kills Hyacinthus
Fable VI: the Cerastæ and the Propœtides
Fable VII: Pygmalion’s statue
Fable VIII: Cinyras, Myrrha and the birth of Adonis
Fable IX: Venus and Adonis; Hippomenes and Atalanta
Fable X: the death of Adonis

Book XI
Fable I: the Thracian women kill Orpheus
Fable II: Midas’s golden touch
Fable III: the contest of Pan and Apollo; Midas’s ears
Fable IV: the walls of Troy
Fables V and VI: Peleus and Thetis; assorted transformations
Fable VII: the shipwreck of Ceyx
Fable VIII: Hesperia and Æsacus

Book XII
Fables I and II: the Greeks sail for Troy; the sacrifice of Iphigenia
Fables III and IV: Cænis becomes Cæneus; the battle of the Lapithæ and Centaurs
Fables V and VI: Periclymenus; the death of Achilles

Book XIII
Fable I: Ajax and Ulysses fight for Achilles’s armor; the fall of Troy
Fables III and IV: the sacrifice of Polyxena; the funeral of Memnon
Fables V and VI: Æneas leaves Troy; the daughters of Anius and Orion
Fable VII: Polyphemus kills Acis
Fable VIII: Glaucus

Book XIV
Fable I: Circe, Glaucus and Scylla
Fable II: Dido and Æneas; the Cercopes
Fable III: Apollo and the Sibyl
Fable IV: Ulysses receives Æolus’s bag of winds
Fable V: Circe turns Ulysses’s men into swine
Fable VI: Circe, Pictus and Canens
Fables VII and VIII: the followers of Diomedes; the Apulian shepherd
Fables IX and X: the fleet of Æneas; the death of Turnus
Fable XI: Vertumnus and Pomona
Fables XII and XIII: Anaxarete; Romulus builds Rome

Book XV
Fable I: Myscelos builds Crotona
Fables II and III: Pythagoras teaches Numa
Fables IV, V and VI: the transformations of Egeria, Hippolytus and others
Fable VII: Æsculapius comes to Rome
Fable VIII: the assassination of Julius Cæsar