The Structure of Ovid's Metamorphoses

lines: Allen Mandelbaum translation

Book I

Prologue 1-6
The First Creation

Cosmogony 7-95
The Four Ages 96-150
Gigantomachy 151-165

The Second Creation

Council of the Gods
Story of Lycaon (told by Jove)163-252
Flood 253-313
Deucalion and Pyrrha 314-415

The Third Creation

Pytho 416-449

The Love of the River Gods (House of Fathers)

Apollo and Daphne 450-482
Io 583-712
Phaethon 712-779

Book II

Phaethon (continued) 1-396
Callisto 397-533
Apollo and Coronis (The Raven and the Crow) 533-650
Mercury and Battus 651-703
Mercury and Agauros 704-845
Europa 845-875

Book III

Theban Cycle
Arrival of Cadmus 1-143
Actaeon 143-258
Semele 259-312
Tiresias 313-336
Narcissus and Echo 337-508
Penthus and Bacchus 510-733

Book IV

Daughters of Minyas