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METAMORPHOSES
Those who changed their shape

Cycnus 6 turns into a swan (detail). 8603: Cygnus transformed to a swan and Phaeton’s sisters into poplars. Bernard Picart (1673-1733), Fabeln der Alten (Musen-Tempel), 1754.


Character or thing

Turned into:

Notes. Id. = same as above. Sources, Abbreviations

Abas 10
Bird

A comrade of Diomedes 2 in Italy (Ov.Met.14.505).

Acanthis
Bird

Turned into a bird by Zeus and Apollo who felt pity for her and her family's fate (Lib.Met.7).

Acanthus
Bird

Turned into a bird by Zeus and Apollo who felt pity for her and her family's fate (Lib.Met.7).

Achelous
Bull

Changed form fighting with Heracles 1 (Soph.Tra.9, Hyg.Fab.31, Dio.4.35.4).

Snake

Changed form fighting with Heracles 1 (Soph.Tra.9).

Acis
River

Acis, whom was loved by Galatea 1, was buried by a rock hurled at him by jealous Polyphemus 2, and was turned into a river (Ov.Met.13.879ff.).

Acmon 1
Bird

A comrade of Diomedes 2 in Italy (Ov.Met.14.484).


Actaeon
Stag

See Actaeon (Ov.Met.3.190ff., Nonn.5.316).


Adonis' Blood
Anemone

See Adonis (Ov.Fast.5.227, Ov.Met.10.728ff.).

Aedon
Nightingale

Aedon believed that she and her husband loved each other more than Zeus and Hera. Aedon was changed into a nightingale (Hom.Od.19.518ff.).

Aegolius
Bird

Aegolius entered the cave of Zeus in Crete in order to gather the honey of the sacred bees, but was turned into a bird by Zeus (Lib.Met.18).

Aegypius
Vulture

Aegypius slept with his own mother and was turned into a vulture by Zeus (Lib.Met.5.5).

Aesacus 1
Diver

Aesacus 1 hurled himself down into the sea but Tethys transformed him into a diving bird (Ov.Met.11.784ff.).

Aethalides 2
Dolphin

One of the sailors who tried to delude Dionysus 2 (Hyg.Fab.134).

Aethalion
Fish

One of the sailors who tried to delude Dionysus 2 (Ov.Met.3.581-691).

Agdistis' sexual organ
Almond tree

Agdistis was a demon with two sexual organs, male and female. The gods cut off the male organ and an almond tree grew up from it (Pau.7.17.10-11).

Aglaurus 2
A black stone

Turned by Hermes into a black stone (Ov.Met.2.830).

Agrius 6
Vulture

Agrius 6 was, like his brother Orius 3, a powerful giant who did not honour the gods and who devoured men (Lib.Met.21).

Agron 1
Plover

An arrogant man who refused to pay respect to the gods. Turned into a plover by Hermes (Lib.Met.15).

Alcander 1
Kinglet

A Molossian seer (Lib.Met.14).

Alcathoe
Bat

Along with her sisters refused to honour Dionysus 2 (Ov.Met.4.410).

Bird

Along with her sisters refused to honour Dionysus 2. Turned into a bird by Hermes (Lib.Met.10).

Alcimedon 2
Dolphin

One of the SAILORS who tried to delude Dionysus 2 (Ov.Met.3.581-691, Hyg.Fab.134).


Alcmena's corpse
Stone

Died of old age and her corpse was transformed into a stone (Pau.9.16.7).

Alcyone 2
Halcyon

Said that her husband was Zeus and her husband said she was Hera (Hyg.Fab.65).

Kingfisher

Said that her husband was Zeus and her husband said she was Hera (Apd.1.7.3-4).

Alecto
Calybe 2

Calybe 2 was Priestess of Hera in Italy (Vir.Aen.7.419).

Alope
Source

For fear of her father she exposed her child but was betrayed by her nurse. Poseidon transformed her into a spring (Hyg.Fab.187).

Ambrosia
Vineshoot

A Nymph who followed Dionysus 2 in his Indian campaign. She was caught by Lycurgus 1 but managed to escape by transforming into a vineshoot and instead catching him in her long foliage (Nonn.21.26).

Star

Later she became a star (Nonn.21.296).

Ampelus
The Vine

A Phrygian young man, son of a Satyr and a Nymph, who was loved by Dionysus 2. He was killed by a bull and later turned into the vine (Nonn.10.178ff., 11.214ff., 12.173ff.; Ov.Fast.3.409).

Anaxarete
Stone

Was loved by Iphis 5, but mocked him (Ov.Met.14.698ff.).

Anthus
Bird

Devoured by his father's horses and turned into a bird by Zeus and Apollo (Lib.Met.7).

Antigone 3
Stork

Dared to set herself against Hera and was turned into a stork by the goddess (Ov.Met.6.93).

ANTS
Men

Transformed into men by Zeus as Aeacus was alone in the Island of Aegina (Apd.3.12.6, Hyg.Fab.52).


Aphrodite
Maiden

(Vir.Aen.1.315).

Fish

(Ov.Met.5.319).

Pisinoe 2

(Nonn.4.72).

Dryope 3

(Val.2.174).


Circe

(Val.7.210).


Apollo
Kite

(Lib.Met.28).

Turtle

(Lib.Met.32).

Serpent

(Lib.Met.32).

Butes 4

(Vir.Aen.9.648).


Paris

(Hyg.Fab.107).

Crow

(Ov.Met.5.319).

Thracian (a bird)

(Hyg.Ast.2.28).

Swan

(Nonn.2.218).

Shepherd

(Ov.Met.6.124).

Man

(Apd.2.5.9).

Old woman

(Ov.Met.11.310).


Arachne
Spider

See Arachne (Ov.Met.6.145).


Ares
Fish

(Lib.Met.28).

Modaeus

(Nonn.32.165).

Acamas 2

(Hom.Il.5.460ff.).

Arethusa 3
Stream of water

A huntress with whom Alpheus fell in love. Arethusa 3, unwilling to marry, crossed to the island Ortygia, and there turned from a woman to a spring (Vir.Aen.3.694).

Arge
Doe

A huntress who was pursuing a stag and told it that she would catch it even if it equalled the speed of Helius. Turned into a doe by Helius (Hyg.Fab.205).

Arsinoe 3
Stone

Was loved by Arceophon, but she refused him. (A similar story is that of Anaxarete and Iphis 5.) (Lib.Met.39).

Arsippe
Bird

Along with her sisters refused to honour Dionysus 2. Turned into a bird by Hermes (Lib.Met.10).

Artemiche
Bird

Opposed his brothers who wished to sacrifice asses against Apollo's will (Lib.Met.20).


Artemis
Cat

(Lib.Met.28; Ov.Met.5.319).

Young Girl

(Lib.Met.15).

Dorceus 3

(Stat.Theb.9.809).

Ascalabus
Gecko

Laughed at Demeter's way of drinking, when very thirsty she came to Attica looking for her daughter. Turned into a gecko by Demeter (Lib.Met.23).

Ascalaphus 2
A short-eared Owl

Because Ascalaphus 2 bore witness against Persephone, Demeter laid a heavy rock on him in Hades. But later Heracles 1 rolled away the stone of Ascalaphus 2, and then Demeter turned Ascalaphus 2 into a short-eared owl (Apd.2.5.12).

Aspalis
Statue of Artemis

Refused to be taken by force by Tartarus 2. Hanged herself and was turned into a statue of Artemis (Lib.Met.13).

Asteria 1
Quail

In the likeness of a quail, flung herself into the sea in order to escape the amorous advances of Zeus (Apd.1.4.1).


Atalanta
Lioness

When once Atalanta and Melanion were hunting they entered into the precinct of Zeus, and there, while making love, were changed into lions (Apd.3.9.2, Hyg.Fab.185, Nonn.12.89(.

Ate
A Boy

(Nonn.11.113).


Athena
Herald

(Hom.Il.2.279, Try.112).

Mentes 2

Mentes 2 was a Taphian leader. The goddess took his form to address Telemachus (Hom.Od.1.105).

Mentor 4

(Hom.Od.2.267, 22.205).

Telemachus

The goddess turned into this young man when recruiting a crew for the ship, with which Telemachus sailed to Pylos (Hom.Od.2.382).

Dymas 3's Daughter

(Hom.Od.6.22).

Young girl

(Hom.Od.7.19).

Young Shepherd

(Hom.Od.13.221).

Tall woman

(Hom.Od.16.155).

Melas 6

(Pau.8.28.5).

Young girl

(Lib.Met.15).

Laodocus 3

(Hom.Il.4.85).

Orontes 2

(Nonn.26.10).

Morrheus 1

(Nonn.40.74).


Attis
Pine tree

A Lydian dear to Cybele, who also was her messenger. Went mad and castrated himself (Ov.Met.10.105).

Aura 2
Fountain

A Phrygian huntress unacquainted with love. Was ravished by Dionysus 2 while asleep (Nonn.48.935).

Autonous 3
Stone curlew

Owned many horses. Turned into a stone curlew by Zeus and Apollo (Lib.Met.7).

Battus 1
Stone

A servant of Neleus who falsely promised Hermes not to tell about the cattle stolen by the god. Turned by Hermes into a stone (Ov.Met.2.688ff.).

Baucis
Tree

Offered hospitality to Zeus and Hermes when they came disguised as mortals. Turned into one of the two trunks of the same tree, the other being her husband Philemon (Ov.Met.8.720).

Botres
Bee-eater

Ate the brains of a sheep that had been sacrificed before it had been put in the altar. Turned into a Bee-eater by Apollo (Lib.Met.18).

Bulis
Bird

Deluded by Neophron, slept with her own son (Lib.Met.5.5).

Byssa
Bird

Refused to honour the gods (Lib.Met.15).


Cadmus
Serpent

(Apd.3.5.4).

Caeneus 1
The other sex

Once a woman called Caenis, she was turned into an invulnerable man by Poseidon (Lib.Met.17).


Callisto
Bear

(Hyg.Ast.2.1).

Celeus 2
Bird

Together with Laius 2, Cerberus 3 and Aegolius entered the cave of Zeus in Crete in order to gather the honey of the sacred bees. Turned into a bird by Zeus (Lib.Met.18).

Celmis
Adamant

One of the Idaean DACTYLS (Ov.Met.4.282).

Cephalus 1
A stranger

An Athenian (Hyg.Fab.189).

Cerambus
Beetle

Insulted the NYMPHS and was changed by them into a beetle (Ov.Met.7.353).

CERASTAE
Bullocks

People of Cyprus changed into bullocks by Aphrodite (Ov.Met.10.222ff.).

Cerberus 3
Bird

Together with Laius 2, Celeus 2 and Aegolius, he entered the cave of Zeus in Crete in order to gather the honey of the sacred bees. Turned into a bird by Zeus (Lib.Met.18).

CERCOPES
Apes

Malefactors punished by Heracles 1. Turned into apes by Zeus (Ov.Met.14.92).

Ceyx
Halcyon

(Hyg.Fab.65).

Gannet

(Apd.1.7.4).

Chelidon
Bird

Was raped by Polytechnos, and became the servant of her sister Aedon. Turned into a bird by Zeus (Lib.Met.11).

Cissus
A plant

One of the SATYRS who participated in a contest of footrunning with Ampelus (Nonn.12.190).

Clinis
Bird

A very rich man from a place near Babylon. Turned into a bird by Apollo (Lib.Met.20).


Clytia 3
Her face turned into a flower like a violet, and herself into a plant.

Clytia 3 loved Helius, but was ignored by the god when he met Leucothoe 2 (Ov.Met.4.268).

Coroneus' Daughter
Crow

Pursued, because of her beauty, by Poseidon, she cried out for help to both gods and men, and Athena turned her into a crow (Ov.Met.2.542ff.).

Cragaleus
Rock

Apollo, Artemis and Heracles 1 came to him in order that he would settle their differences concerning the city of Ambracia in Epirus. Turned into a rock by Apollo (Lib.Met.4.7).


Cronos
Horse

Cronos begot the Centaur Chiron in a horse's shape (Ov.Met.6.126).

Crow 1
From white to black

Had to guard Coronis 2. Told Apollo that she had wedded Ischys. Cursed by Apollo, became black instead of white (Hyg.Fab.202, Ov.Met.2.540).

Crumissa's citizens
Cattle

(Hyg.Fab.188).

Ctesylla
Dove

Loved Hermochares against her father's will. Died while giving birth and was turned into a dove (Lib.Met.1.1-5).

Cycnus 1
Swan

(Ov.Met.12.144).

Cycnus 6
Swan

(Ov.Met.2.367).

Cycnus 7
Swan

(Ov.Met.7.371).

Cyparissus
Cypress

He could not find consolation after the death of the stag dear to him. He turned into a cypress and Apollo decided that his place would always be where others grieve (Ov.Met.10.121ff.).

Daedalion
Hawk

Out of grief for his daughter's death he hurled himself from Parnassus' top, but Apollo turned him into a hawk (Ov.Met.11.339).

Daphne 1
Laurel

(Ov.Met.1.544ff.).

Daphnis 1
Stone

A shepherd-boy of Ida. Turned into a stone by a Nymph, out of jealousy (Ov.Met.4.277).

Dercetis 1
Fish

A Babylonian, of whom the Syrians believe she changed into a fish (Ov.Met.4.45).

Dictys 3
Dolphin

One of the SAILORS who tried to delude Dionysus 2 (Hyg.Fab.134; Ov.Met.3.581-691).

Diomedes 2's companions
Birds

(Ov.Met.14.483; Strab.6.3.9).


Dionysus 2
Goat

(Ov.Met.5.319).

Kid

(Apd.3.4.3, Lib.Met.28).

Young girl

(Lib.Met.10).

Bull

(Lib.Met.10, Nonn.40.51).

Lion

(Lib.Met.10, Nonn.36.300).

Leopard

(Lib.Met.10).

Storm of fire

(Nonn.36.291ff.).

Running water

(Nonn.36.291ff.).

Pine

(Nonn.36.291ff.).

Panther

(Nonn.36.291ff.).

Boar

(Nonn.36.291ff.).

Human shape

(Nonn.42.355ff.).


DIOSCURI
Strangers

(Pau.3.16.2ff.).

Dryope 1
Lotus

The most beautiful of the Oechalian girls (Ov.Met.9.350ff.).

Nymph

The most beautiful of the Oechalian girls (Lib.Met.32).

Echo's bones
Stone

(Ov.Met.3.397).

Elais
White dove

Transformed into oil everything she touched (Ov.Met.13.674).

Epopeus 3
Fish

One of the SAILORS who tried to delude Dionysus 2 (Ov.Met.3.581-691).

Erodius
Bird

He took care of the horses that attacked his brother Anthus 1 (Lib.Met.7).


Eros
Fish

(Hyg.Ast.2.30).


Silenus

 

(Nonn.11.351).

Erysichthon 2's Daughter
Fisherman

Her father's greed for food was so great that, at last, when all his fortunes had been swallowed up, he sold his daughter. But she prayed to Poseidon and the god changed her form, giving her the features of a man and garments proper to a fisherman. When her master went away her former shape was given back to her. But when her father noticed that his daughter had the power to turn into different forms, he sold her often and to many master. With each new master she changed into a new form (Ov.Met.8.843ff.).

Mare

Id.

Bird

Id.

Cow

Id.

Deer

Id.

Ethiopians
Birds

(QS.2.641ff.).

Eumelus 5
Raven

His arrogant children despised all the gods but one. Turned into a raven by Hermes (Lib.Met.15).

Eurymede 2
Bird

Transformed into a bird by Artemis (Lib.Met.2.6).

Everything
Corn

Spermo transformed into corn everything she touched (Apd.Ep.3.10).

Oil

Elais transformed into oil everything she touched (Apd.Ep.3.10).

Wine

Oeno transformed into wine everything she touched (Apd.Ep.3.10).

Galanthis
Weasel

Alcmena's attendant at the birth of Heracles 1. Turned into a weasel by Ilithyia or by the MOERAE (Ov.Met.9.306, Lib.Met.29).


Glaucus 7
Sea-deity

Had been a mortal fisherman, but after chewing a plant became a sea-deity (Ov.Met.13.898).

Gorge 2
Bird

Mother of Tydeus 2, father of Diomedes 2 (Lib.Met.2.6).

Haemus 1
Mountain

Offended the gods (Ov.Met.6.83).

Harmonia 1
Serpent

Turned into a serpent and sent away by Zeus to the Elysian Fields (Apd.3.5.4).

Harpalyce 2
The bird Chalcis

Lay with her father and served her son to him at a banquet. She prayed Heaven that she might be translated away from mankind, and she was transformed into the bird called the Chalcis (Parth.14.4).

Harpasus
Bird

Together with his brother Lycius 2 wished to sacrifice asses against Apollo's will. Devoured by his father's asses and turned into a bird by Poseidon (Lib.Met.20).

Harpe 1
Bird

Turned into a bird by Poseidon (Lib.Met.20).


Hecabe 1
Bitch

Buried at the place called the Bitch's Tomb as she turned into a bitch (Apd.Ep.5.23, Hyg.Fab.111, QS.14.348).

HELIADES 1
Poplars

The daughters of Helius by Clymene 1.They were turned into poplars (Hyg.Fab.152, 154, Vir.Aen.191).

HELIADES 1's tears
Amber

They wept for their brother Phaethon 3 and their tears hardened into amber (Hyg.Fab.154, Dio.5.23.4).


Hephaestus
Ox

(Lib.Met.28).


Hera
Amazon

(Apd.2.5.9).

Old woman

(Hyg.Fab.13, 22).

Beroe 3

(Hyg.Fab.167).

White Cow

(Ov.Met.5.319).

Melaneus 7

(Nonn.14.304).

Melampus 1

(Nonn.47.535).

Chalciope 2

(Val.6.479).


Heracles 1
Fawn

(Lib.Met.28).


Hermes
Ibis

(Ov.Met.5.319, Lib.Met.28).

Shepherd

(Lib.Met.15).

Phanes 1

(Nonn.9.142).

Young Man

(Nonn.3.411).


Dionysus 2

(Nonn.35.227).

Hierax 2
Hawk

He would not honour Poseidon and the god transformed him into a hawk (Lib.Met.2.6).

Hippodamia 7
Lark

Turned into a lark by Zeus and Apollo (Lib.Met.7).

Hippomenes 2
Lion

Through winning a race, conquered Atalanta and married her (Ov.Met.10.689ff.).

Hyacinthus 1's Blood
Flower

See Hyacinthus 1 (Ov.Met.10.185).

Hydaspes 1
His bull-form into human shape

(Nonn.30.87).


Hylas
An echo

Friend of Heracles 1 who was ravished away by NYMPHS in Mysia on account of his beauty. Turned into an echo by the NYMPHS (Lib.Met.26).

Hyperippe 3
Diver

Turned into a diver by Zeus (Lib.Met.14).

Hypermestra
The other sex

Under the form of a woman was a prostitute, but changing into a man was able to maintain his father (Lib.Met.17).

Hyrie
Swan

Hyrie melted away in tears or threw herself into a lake and was turned into a swan. She grieved for her son's death, not knowing he had been transformed into a swan (Lib.Met.12).

Idas 9
Bird

A comrade of Diomedes 2 in Italy (Ov.Met.14.505).


Io
White Cow

(Apd.2.1.3, Nonn.3.267).

Iodama
Stone

Served as priestess in the precinct of Athena near Coroneia. Athena appeared to her wearing a tunic in which was worked the head of Medusa 1, and she turned into a stone (Pau.9.34.2).

Iphis 4
The other sex

Was born a girl but, when she was about to marry, became a boy (Ov.Met.9.666ff.).


Iris 1
Beroe 2

(Vir.Aen.5.621).

Polites 1

(Hom.Il.2.795).

Laodice 3

(Hom.Il.3.121).


Ares

(Nonn.20.190).


Nyx

(Nonn.31.132).

Juturna
Camers

(Vir.Aen.12.224).

Metiscus

(Vir.Aen.12.469ff.).

Laelaps 2
Stone

See Amphitryon (Apd.2.4.7).

Laius 1

Tiresias

(Stat.Theb.2.96).

Laius 2
Bird

Together with Celeus 2, Cerberus 3 and Aegolius entered the cave of Zeus in Crete in order to gather the honey of the sacred bees. urned into a bird by Zeus (Lib.Met.18).

Lelante
Woodpecker

Her home was attacked by bandits. Turned into a woodpecker by the pity of Zeus (Lib.Met.14).

Lethaea
Stone

Lethaea was boastful about her beauty (Ov.Met.10.68).


Leto
Shrew-mouse

(Lib.Met.28).

Leucippe 4
Bird

Refused to worship Dionysus 2. Turned into a bird by Hermes (Lib.Met.10)

Leucippus 6
The other sex

From birth was a girl and her mother asked the gods to change her sex, and Leto turned her into a boy (Lib.Met.17).

Leuconoe 1
Bat

Daughter of Minyas (Ov.Met.4.410).

Libys
Fish

One of the SAILORS who tried to delude Dionysus 2 (Ov.Met.3.581-691).

Lichas 1
Rock

Herald of Heracles 1. Turned into a rock in the Euboean Sea after having being hurled down by Heracles 1 (Ov.Met.9.211).

Lotis
Lotus

Transformed into a lotus while fleeing from Priapus (Ov.Met.9.347).

Lycabas 2
Fish

One of the SAILORS who tried to delude Dionysus 2 (Ov.Met.3.581-691).


Lycaon 2
Wolf

(Hyg.Fab.176).

Lycius 2
Raven

Together with his brother Harpasus wished to sacrifice asses against Apollo's will. He was devoured by his father's asses and turned into a white raven that became black at once (Lib.Met.20).

Lycus 6
Bird

(Ov.Met.14.505).

Lyncus 1
Lynx

King of Scythia to whom Triptolemus came with Demeter's grain, and who attacked him with a sword (Ov.Met.5.650ff.).

Macareus 2
Pig

A Neritian comrade of Odysseus. Transformed into a pig by Circe (Ov.Met.14.159ff.).

Medon 6
Fish

One of the SAILORS who tried to delude Dionysus 2 (Ov.Met.3.581-691).

Megaletor
Bird

Turned into a bird by the pity of Zeus (Lib.Met.14).

Melanion
Lion

While hunting Melanion and Atalanta entered into the precinct of Zeus, and there taking their fill of love were changed into lions (Apd.3.9.2).

Melanippe 1
Mare

Fled into the forest so that her father might not see that she had given birth to a child. Turned into a mare by the gods when she asked to be concealed, or by Artemis for ceasing to worship her (Hyg.Ast.2.18).

Melanippe 5
Bird

Transformed into a bird by Artemis (Lib.Met.2.6).

Melanthus 2
Fish

One of the SAILORS who tried to delude Dionysus 2 (Ov.Met.3.581-691).

Melas 7
Dolphin

One of the sailors who tried to delude Dionysus 2 (Hyg.Fab.134).

MELEAGRIDS
Birds

Turned into birds by Artemis (Lib.Met.2.6).

Menippe 2
Comet

Daughter of Orion. Killed herself to save her people from pestilence and was turned into a comet (Lib.Met.25).

Meropis
Owl

Turned into an owl by Athena (Lib.Met.15).

Merops 3
Eagle

Ruler in Cos. Turned into an eagle by Hera (Hyg.Ast.2.16).

Metioche 2
Comet

Daughter of Orion. Killed herself to save her people from pestilence and was turned into a comet (Lib.Met.25).

Metis 1
Many Shapes

(Apd.1.3.6).

Minthe
Mint

Concubine of Hades. Transformed into a plant called Hedyosmos (mint) by Persephone (Strab.8.3.14).

Munichus
Woodpecker

Ruled over the Molossians and was a good seer. The whole of his family were attacked by robbers who put fire to their buildings. Turned into a sparrow hawk by Zeus (Lib.Met.14).


Narcissus
Flower

Fell in love with himself or with his sister (Ov.Met.3.509).


Nemesis
Goose

(Apd.3.10.7).

Fish

(CYP.8).

Other dread creatures

(CYP.8).

Neophron
 Vulture

Was of the same age as Aegypius and, being jealous because of the love between his mother and Aegypius, he himself became the lover of Aegypius' mother and deluded her to sleep with her son. Turned into a vulture by Zeus (Lib.Met.5.5).


Nike
 Leto

(Nonn.2.205).


Niobe 2
Stone

See NIOBIDS (Nonn.14.274ff.).


Nisus 1
Osprey

King of Megara (Ov.Met.8.145).

Nycteus 3
Bird

A comrade of Diomedes 2 in Italy (Ov.Met.14.505).

Nyctimene
Owl

Slept with her father. Changed into an owl by Athena (Hyg.Fab.204).

Nymph 17 Indian
Bird

A Hamadryad Nymph who warned Dionysus 2 of an ambush prepared by the Indian army (Nonn.22.114).

NYMPHS LAMUSIDES' sons
CENTAURS HORNED

Because of an enchantment they became creatures with long ears, and a horse's tail sticking out straight from the loins; from the temples cow's horns sprouted out, long teeth grew out of their jaws and a strange kind of mane covered their necks with rough hair (Nonn.14.172ff.).

Ocyrrhoe 2
Horse

Daughter of Chiron (Ov.Met.2.660ff.).

Odysseus' comrades
Pigs

Turned into pigs by Circe (Hom.Od.10.235ff.).

Wolves

Turned into wolves by Circe (Apd.Ep.7.15).

Oeno
White dove

Transformed into wine everything she touched. Turned into a white dove (Ov.Met.13.674).

Oenoe 2
Crane

Was born in the land of the Pygmies. She was too proud to honour Hera or Artemis (Lib.Met.16).

Olenus 3
Stone

Was innocent but wished to share the fate of his wife Lethaea (Ov.Met.10.68).

Opheltes 3
Fish

One of the SAILORS who tried to delude Dionysus 2 (Ov.Met.3.581-691).

Orius 3
Bird

Was, like his brother Agrius 6, a powerful giant who did not honour the gods and who devoured men (Lib.Met.21).

Ortygius 1
Tit

Opposed his brothers who wished to sacrifice asses against Apollo's will (Lib.Met.20).


Pan
Goat

(Hyg.Fab.196).

Lower part fish and upper goat

(Hyg.Ast.2.28).

Pandareus
Rock

A Cretan from Miletus who had been involved in the theft of Tantalus 1 (Lib.Met.36).

Eagle

A Cretan from Miletus who had been involved in the theft of Tantalus 1 (Lib.Met.11).

Perdix
Partridge

Inventor of the saw. Daedalus threw him down from a citadel but Athena turned him into a partridge (Ov.Met.8.236ff.).

Periclymenus 1
Ant

Son of Neleus. Poseidon granted him the power of changing his shape (Hes.CWE.10).

Lion

Son of Neleus. Poseidon granted him the power of changing his shape (Apd.1.9.9).

Snake

Son of Neleus. Poseidon granted him the power of changing his shape (Apd.1.9.9, Hes.CWE.10).

Swarm of bees

Son of Neleus. Poseidon granted him the power of changing his shape (Hes.CWE.10).

Bee

Son of Neleus. Poseidon granted him the power of changing his shape (Apd.1.9.9).

Eagle

Son of Neleus. Poseidon granted him the power of changing his shape (Hes.CWE.10).

Perimede 1
Island

Perimede 1 was hurled down from a high cliff by her father. But Achelous caught her and kept her floating while praying to Poseidon, who turned her into an island (Ov.Met.8.591).

Periphas 6
Eagle

Reigned in Attica before the time of Cecrops 1. Turned by Zeus into an eagle (Lib.Met.6.3).


Pheme
Neaera 5

Neaera 5 was a Lemnian woman, whose shape Pheme took when she visited Eurynome 7 to warn her about her husband having taken a Thracian wife (Val.2.141).

Philaeus 2
Bird

Turned into a bird by the pity of Zeus (Lib.Met.14).

Philemon
Tree

(Ov.Met.8.720).

Philomela 1
Nightingale

See Tereus 1 (Hyg.Fab.45).

Swallow

See Tereus 1 (Apd.3.14.8).

Philyra 1
Linden

When she saw that she had borne a strange species (a centaur), she asked Zeus to change her into another form, and she was turned into the tree called linden (Hyg.Fab.138).

Phineus 1
Stone

Had first been betrothed to Andromeda and plotted against Perseus 1 who, by showing him the head of Medusa 1, turned him into stone (Apd.2.4.3).


Picus
Woodpecker

See Circe (Vir.Aen.7.187).

PIERIDES
Magpies

Nine sisters who defied the MUSES in a contest of song and were defeated (Ov.Met.5.294ff.).

Pirates
Dolphins

Those Tyrrhenian sailors who attempted to delude Dionysus 2 (Apd.3.5.3).

Polydectes 1
Stone

See Perseus 1 (Apd.2.4.3).

Polyphonte
Owl

Despised Aphrodite and became the companion of Artemis, but Aphrodite inspired in her a passion for a Bear (Lib.Met.21).

Polytechnos
Woodpecker

A carpenter living in Colophon, Lydia, who raped his wife's sister and was punished by her family. Turned into a woodpecker by Zeus (Lib.Met.11).


Poseidon
Ram

(Ov.Met.6.117, Hyg.Fab.188).

Horse

(Ov.Met.6.119).

Dolphin

Poseidon consorted with Melantho 2, taking the form of a dolphin (Ov.Met.6.120).

Winged bird

(Ov.Met.6.119).

Bull

(Ov.Met.6.115).

Enipeus

(Ov.Met.6.116).

Man

(Apd.2.5.9).

Calchas

Assuming the likness of Calchas, Poseidon encouraged the AIANTES (Ajax 1 and Ajax 2) to stand firm in front of a Trojan attack against the Achaean camp (Hom.Il.13.45).

Procne
Swallow

See Tereus 1 (Hyg.Fab.45).

Nightingale

See Tereus 1 (Apd.3.14.8).

PROPOETIDES
Stone

Denied the divinity of Aphrodite and, through her wrath, they became the first to prostitute their bodies (Ov.Met.10.121ff.).

Proreus 2
Fish

One of the SAILORS who tried to delude Dionysus 2 (Ov.Met.3.581-691).


Proteus 2
Lion

The Old Man of the Sea. By his art he changes his real figure for a false semblance, but soon returns to his true form (Hom.Od.4.456ff., Nonn.43.225ff.).

Snake

Id. (Hom.Od.4.456ff., Nonn.43.225ff.).

Leopard

Id. (Hom.Od.4.456ff.).

Boar

Id. (Hom.Od.4.456ff., Nonn.43.225ff.).

Water

Id. (Hom.Od.4.456ff., Nonn.43.225ff.).

Tree

Id. (Hom.Od.4.456ff., Nonn.43.225ff.).

Bull

Id. (Ov.Met.8.731).

Stone

Id. (Ov.Met.8.731).

Flame

Id. (Ov.Met.8.731).

Psamathe 1
Seal

A Nereid (Apd.3.12.6).

Rhexenor 3
Bird

A comrade of Diomedes 2 in Italy (Ov.Met.14.505).

Rhodope
Mountain

Offended the gods (Ov.Met.6.83).

SAILORS
Dolphins

Those Tyrrhenian sailors who attempted to delude Dionysus 2 (Ov.Met.3.581-691, Hyg.Fab.134).

Schoeneus 3
Bird

Turned into a bird by Zeus and Apollo (Lib.Met.7).

Scylla 2
Fish

For the sake of Minos 2, betrayed her father (Hyg.Fab.198).

Bird

Id. (Ov.Met.8.150).

Serpent 21
Stone

A serpent seen by the Achaeans at Aulis (Apd.Ep.3.15).

Serpents
Stone

(Nonn.44.114).

Shepherds
Trees

(Lib.Met.31)

Ship
Cymodoce 2

(Vir.Aen.10.220ff.).

Ships
Naiads

(Ov.Met.14.540ff., Vir.Aen.10.220).

Simon
Dolphin

One of the sailors who tried to delude Dionysus 2 (Hyg.Fab.134).

Siproites
The other sex

Changed his sex after seeing Artemis bathing (Lib.Met.17).

Sithon 1
The other sex

Changed sex, now woman, now man (Ov.Met.4.280).


Smyrna
The tree called myrrh

Adonis' mother (Apd.3.14.4).

Souls of Greeks
Birds

(Lib.Met.37).

Spear
Laurel

(Plu.PS.6).

Spermo
White dove

Transformed into corn everything she touched. Turned into a white dove (Ov.Met.13.674).

Stones
Men and Women

See The Flood and Deucalion 1 (Hyg.Fab.153).

Tereus 1
Hoopoe

(Pau.10.4.8).

Theophane
Ewe

Poseidon carried her off and to deceive her suitors changed her into a ewe and himself into a ram (Hyg.Fab.188).

Theophane's suitors
Wolves

See Theophane (Hyg.Fab.188).


Thetis
Bacchant Woman

One of the NEREIDS. See also Achilles (Nonn.33.348).

Various forms

Id.

Timandra 2
Tit

Turned by Zeus into a tit (Lib.Met.5.5).


Tiresias
The other sex

A Theban seer (Lib.Met.17).

Tisiphone 1
Phereclus 2

One of the ERINYES (Stat.Theb.11.199).


Vertumnus
Various forms

Vertumnus was able to change his shape (Ov.Met.14.642).

Vixen Cadmean
Stone

Turned into stone while being hunted by the dog Laelaps 2 which was so swift that no animal could escape (Apd.2.4.6).

WINEGROWERS
White doves

(Ov.Met.13.674).

Wolf 1
Rock

Devoured the cattle that Peleus wished to give Irus 1 as the price for the death of Eurytion 1 (Lib.Met.38).

Young girls
Pines

(Lib.Met.32).

Zagreus
Young Zeus

Zagreus or Dionysus 1 (the first of two or maybe three Dionysus) was killed by the TITANS who destroyed him with an infernal knife, cutting him into pieces. For a time he appeared in different shapes but finally collapsed (Nonn.6.177).


Cronos

Id. (Nonn.6.178).

A Baby

Id. (Nonn.6.180).

A Youth

Id. (Nonn.6.181).

Lion

Id. (Nonn.6.182).

Horse

Id. (Nonn.6.188).

Serpent

Id. (Nonn.6.190).

Tiger

Id. (Nonn.6.197).

Bull

Id. (Nonn.6.197).


Zeus
Ram

(Ov.Met.5.319).

Bull 2

Zeus turned himself into a bull, mounted Europa on his back and conveyed her through the sea to Crete (Apd.3.1.1, Nonn.1.46, 7.118).

Stream of Gold

On approaching Danae (Apd.2.4.1, Nonn.7.120, Ov.Met.6.113).

 
Amphitryon

On approaching Alcmena (Apd.2.4.7, Ov.Met.6.113).


a) Apollo



b) Artemis

(Apd.3.8.1).


Artemis

On approaching Callisto (Nonn.2.123, 33.289, 36.68).

Swan

On approaching Leda (Apd.3.10.7, Hyg.Fab.77, Nonn.7.124).

Flame

(Ov.Met.6.113).

Snake

Zeus approached Persephone in the form of a spotted snake (Ov.Met.6.114, Nonn.7.128, 7.329).

Cuckoo

(Pau.2.17.4).

Bull 10

Zeus in the likeness of a bull mated with Io who had been transformed into a cow by Hera (Aes.Sup.301).

Dragon

(Nonn.5.568).

Satyr

Zeus took the shape of a Satyr to approach Antiope 3 (Nonn.7.123, 33.301, Ov.Met.6.110).

Eagle

When Zeus snatched Ganymedes and took him to heaven. Also Zeus approached Aegina in the shape of an eagle (Nonn.7.210, 33.297).

Lion

(Nonn.7.322).

Panther

(Nonn.7.322).

Day-laborer

When coming to see impious Lycaon 2 (Apd.3.8.1).

Shepherd

Zeus consorted with Mnemosyne in the form of a shepherd (Ov.Met.6.114).

Ant

Zeus consorted with Eurymedusa 2 having asumed the shape of an ant. Their son is Myrmidon (Clem.EG.2.34p).