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Cygnus (1) Son of Sthenelous and friend and relative of Phaethon. II: 367, XII: 581 [75] Cygnus (2) Son of Apollo and the nymph Hyrie. A spoiled youth he had been given tamed animals by Phylius, but when he was denied a bull he tried to kill himself, and was metamorphosed into a swan. VII: 371 [76] Cygnus (3) Son of Neptunus. He was a Trojan ...
Syrinx ("pipe") Reeds: Naiads: Much like Daphne, Syrinx was a nymph and follower of the goddess Artemis who swore to never marry or have any children. Syrinx caught the attention of the goat-god Pan, who, enamored with her, chased her as she fled. Syrinx, as she reached the river Ladon, begged the river nymphs to help her out.
Diana and Actaeon by Titian; the moment of surprise. The myth of Diana and Actaeon can be found in Ovid's Metamorphoses. [1] The tale recounts the fate of a young hunter named Actaeon, who was a grandson of Cadmus, and his encounter with chaste Artemis, known to the Romans as Diana, goddess of the hunt.
Most of Prospero's renunciative speech in Act V of The Tempest is taken word-for-word from a speech by Medea in Book VII of the Metamorphoses. [40] Among other English writers for whom the Metamorphoses was an inspiration are John Milton—who made use of it in Paradise Lost, considered his magnum opus, and evidently knew it well [35] [41 ...
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Syrinx was a beautiful wood nymph who had many times attracted the attention of satyrs, and fled their advances in turn. She worshipped Artemis, the goddess of wilderness, and, like her, had vowed to remain a virgin for all of time.
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Metamorphoses, Books I-IV. Translated by John Allen Giles. London: Cornish & Sons. Ovid (1922). Metamorphoses, Book I, vi. Translated by Brookes More. Boston: Cornhill Publishing Co. Petersson, Robert Torsten (2002). Bernini and the Excesses of Art. Fordham Univ Press. ISBN 978-88-87700-83-1. Pinton, Daniele (2009). Bernini: I percorsi dell ...