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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 53. Chapters: Heracles, Polyphemus, Jason, Castor and Pollux, Theseus, Peleus, Atalanta, Phineas, Admetus, Telamon, Meleager, Acastus, Laertes, Iphicles, Boreads, Idas, Euphemus, Hylas, Mopsus, Ascalaphus, Augeas, Echion, Eurytion, Butes, Euryalus, Aethalides, Idmon, Oileus, Clymenus, Tiphys, Talaus, Poeas, Erginus, Periclymenus, List of Metamorphoses characters, Orpheus, Medea, Argonautica, Nestor, Actor, Nauplius, Phrontis, Ancaeus, Peneleus, Leitus, Amphion, Amphidamas, Argonautica Orphica, Phalerus, Eurydamas, Laodocus, Lynceus, Phlias, Autolycus, son of Deimachus, Canthus, Hippalcimus, Gegenees. Excerpt: This is a list of characters in the poem Metamorphoses by Ovid. It contains more than 200 characters, summaries of their roles, and information on where they appear. The descriptions vary in length and comprehensiveness, upgrading characters who were actually metamorphosed, who play a significant role, or about whom a certain background knowledge is required to understand the Metamorphoses. The major Roman gods in general play significant roles in all of the stories, but only their attributes are listed under their own name - their specific roles are summarized under the individual involved characters' names (e.g. Apollo's role in the myth of Hyacinthus is listed under Hyacinthus). Citations Bibliography Heracles (; Greek: , H rakl s, from H ra, "Hera," and kleos, "glory"), born Alcaeus (, Alkaios) or Alcides (, Alkeid s), was a divine hero in Greek mythology, the son of Zeus ( ) and Alcmene, foster son of Amphitryon and great-grandson (and half-brother) of Perseus ( ). He was the greatest of the Greek heroes, a paragon of masculinity, the ancestor of royal clans who claimed to be Heracleidae ( ) and a champion of the Olympian order against chthonic monsters. In Rome and the modern West...
