THE METAMORPHOSES Book IV-VII.
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Ovid and Riley, Henry T. (Henry Thomas)
Fable descriptions are taken from the translator’s Synopses.
Book IV Fable I: The daughters of Minyas. Pyramus and Thisbe. Fable II: Mars and Venus. The Sun and Leucothoë. Fable III: Clytie buried alive. Fable IV: Daphnis; Scython; Celmus; Crocus and Smilax; the Curetes. Fable V: Salmacis and Hermaphroditus. Fable VI: The daughters of Minyas. Fable VII: Athamas and Ino. Fable VIII: Cadmus leaves Thebes. Fable IX: Perseus kills Medusa. Fable X: Perseus and Andromeda. Medusa’s hair.
Book V Fable I: Perseus’s marriage feast. Fable II: Minerva and the Muses. Fable III: The song of Calliope. Fable IV: Pluto and Proserpina. Fable V: Ceres searches for Proserpina. Fable VI: Arethusa is changed into a fountain. Fable VII: Lyncus is changed into a lynx; the Pierides are changed into magpies.
Book VI Fable I: Arachne and Minerva. Fable II: Niobe and her children. Fable III: Latona and the frogs. Fable IV: Marsyas is flayed alive. Fable V: Tereus, Progne and Philomela. Fable VI: Progne’s son Itys. Fable VII: Boreas and Orithyïa.
Book VII Fable I: Jason, the Golden Fleece and Medea. Fable II: Medea restores Æson to youth. The daughters of Pelias. Fable III: Medea in Corinth. Fable IV: Hercules chains Cerberus. Theseus and Medea. Fable V: Minos at Ægina. Cephalus at Ægina. Fable VI: The Myrmidons. Fable VII: Procris becomes a huntress. Œdipus and the Sphinx. Fable VIII: Cephalus accidentally kills Procris.