Perseus and Andromeda, the death of Medusa, Proserpine abducted by Pluto to Hades, weaving contest between Minerva and Arachne, Lycians turned into frogs, Marsyas flayed, Jason and the Golden Fleece, and the origins of Theseus.
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His battle to paint again after his major stroke illustrated in Bordighera, rough sea in a storm, Samson blinded, and mirror-play.
Summary and contents of the first 19 articles, covering the origin of the world, the great flood, fall of Phaëthon, rape of Europa, the fall of Thebes, and more.
In the closing pages of Ovid’s Metamorphoses, he praises the achievements of Emperor Augustus, and hopes for his own immortality.
He moved to Munich, second only to Paris at the time. There he co-founded the Secession, experimented in his painting, and drank lots of red wine and champagne.
Born near Königsberg/Kaliningrad, he trained there and in Munich before studying at the AcadĂ©mie Julian in Paris. Prolific in all genres, he’s one of the greatest modern German painters.
The assassination of Julius Caesar occurred when Jupiter had decided his life was already completed, so Venus rescued his soul from the Senate House and he was transformed into a star.
A strange dream offers hope when plague strikes the citizens of Rome in 293 BCE. They bring a snake back, the god Aesculapius, who saves the city and has a temple on Tiber Island.
Pythagoras links the myths in Ovid’s book in the constant changes seen in nature, and advocates vegetarianism. Then King Numa’s wife dictates to him the laws of Rome.
It took him 3 attempts to get to Rome, where he fell ill with syphilis. His patron helped him become well-read and erudite, and that led him to paint sublime pure landscapes.
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