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{{quote|''"flavaque de viridi stillabant ilice mella." <ref>(And golden honey was dripping from a green oak tree.)</ref>''|'''Ovid''', ''The Metamorphoses'', Bk.I:112}}
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These stories range from the origin of the world from Chaos to the deification of Caesar and the celebration of Augustus's rule over Rome. Countless tales from mythology are told in between, including the stories of "Apollo and Daphne," "Orpheus and Eurydice," "Baucis and Philemon," "Daedalus and Icarus," et cetera.
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''The Metamorphoses'' has served as an enormous influence throughout the ages; today, it remains one of the best classical sources for many myths. [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]], notably, borrowed from or was inspired by various stories in the collection. ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' parallels many aspects of "Pyramus and Thisbe", a myth which also appears as a [[Show Within a Show|play within a play]] in ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream|A Midsummer Nights Dream]]''. In Act V of ''[[The Tempest]]'', one of Prospero's speeches is strikingly similar to a speech Medea makes in Book VII of ''The Metamorphoses''. Additionally, ''[[Titus Andronicus (theatre)|Titus Andronicus]]'' bears various similarities to the story of Philomena, and Lavinia actually points out the passage to tell her father and uncle what had happened to her.
Ovid's ''Metamorphoses'' is available online [http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/ovid.html here]... (What, can't read the Latin? [[Grumpy Old Man|Kids these days]]... A.S.Kline's English translation is available [http://etext.virginia.edu/latin/ovid/trans/Ovhome.htm here.]{{dead link}})
Not to be confused with [[Franz Kafka]]'s ''[[The Metamorphosis]]''.
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* [[Adam and Eve Plot]]: The story of Deucalion and Pyrrha.
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* [[Scylla and Charybdis]]: Faced by Aeneas at one point.
* [[Second Hand Storytelling]]: The whole thing is a collection of earlier myths and folktales, which are occasionally told by characters in-story. If you're not paying close attention, [[Recursive Reality|it can get confusing]]...
* [[Smite Me,
* [[Star-Crossed Lovers]]: Pyramus and Thisbe.
* [[Talking the Monster to Death]]
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[[Category:Literature of the 1st century]]
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[[Category:Older Than Feudalism]]
[[Category:Latin Literature]]
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