The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV
Daedalus and Icarus, Orpheus and Eurydice, the fall of Troy and the rise of Rome: the second half of Ovid’s great book of transformations.
Ovid’s The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII–XV is the concluding portion of his Latin narrative poem, presenting a sequence of myths connected by transformations of gods, heroes, and mortals. These books move from stories such as those of Daedalus and Icarus and Philemon and Baucis through the legends of Orpheus, the Trojan War, and the Roman world, concluding with the history associated with Julius Caesar and Augustus.
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Released: 06/30/2026
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