|
Character or thing
|
Turned into:
|
|
|
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 [Lim.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-labourer
|
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].
|