The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII

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Henry T. (Henry Thomas) Riley translation

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All Greek words have mouse-hover transliterations: Δηοῦς κόρη.

The text is based on two reprints of the 1851 Riley translation: Bell (1893, London) and McKay (1899, Philadelphia). Page and line numbers in the left margin refer to Bell; numbers in the right margin are from McKay. Details about the texts are given at the end of this file, along with notes on errors and footnote numbering.

Notes in this chapter

Note 1 · Ovid’s Metamorphoses, translated by Henry Thomas Riley (1816-1878, B.A. 1840, M.A. 1859), was originally published in 1851 as part of Bohn’s