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Bk I:21-31 Separation of the elements
Bk I:32-51 The earth and sea. The five zones.
Bk I:177-198 Jupiter threatens to destroy
humankind
Bk I:199-243 Lycaon is turned into a wolf
Bk I:244-273 Jupiter invokes the floodwaters
Bk I:293-312 The world is drowned
Bk I:313-347 Deucalion and his wife Pyrrha
Bk I:348-380 They ask Themis for help
Bk I:381-415 The human race is re-created
Bk I:416-437 Other species are generated
Bk I:438-472 Phoebus kills the Python and sees
Daphne
Bk I: 473-503 Phoebus pursues Daphne
Bk I:504-524 Phoebus begs Daphne to yield to
him
Bk I:525-552 Daphne becomes the laurel bough
Bk I:553-567 Phoebus honours Daphne
Bk I:568-587 Inachus mourns for Io
Bk I:587-600 Jupiter's rape of Io
Bk I:601-621 Jupiter transforms Io to a heifer
Bk I:622-641 Juno claims Io and Argus guards
her
Bk I:642-667 Inachus finds Io and grieves for
her
Bk I:668-688 Jupiter sends Mercury to kill
Argus
Bk I:689-721 Mercury tells the story of Syrinx
Bk I:722-746 Io is returned to human form
Bk I:747-764 Phaethon's parentage
Bk I:765-779 Phaethon sets out for the Palace
of the Sun
Bk II:1-30 The Palace of the Sun
Bk II:31-48 Phaethon and his father
Bk II:49-62 The Sun's admonitions
Bk II:63-89 His further warnings
Bk II:90-110 Phaethon insists on driving the
chariot
Bk II:111-149 The Sun's instructions
Bk II:150-177 The Horses run wild
Bk II:178-200 Phaethon lets go of the reins
Bk II:201-226 The mountains burn
Bk II:227-271 The rivers are dried up
Bk II:301-328 Jupiter intervenes and Phaethon
dies
Bk II:329-343 Phaethon's sisters grieve for him
Bk II:344-366 The sisters turned into poplar
trees
Bk II:381-400 The Sun returns to his task
Bk II:401-416 Jupiter sees Callisto
Bk II:417-440 Jupiter rapes Callisto
Bk II:441-465 Diana discover's Callisto's shame
Bk II:466-495 Callisto turned into a bear
Bk II:496-507 Arcas and Callisto become
constellations
Bk II:508-530 Juno complains to Tethys and
Oceanus
Bk II:531-565 The Raven and the Crow
Bk II:566-595 The Crow's story
Bk II:596-611 Coronis is betrayed and Phoebus
kills her
Bk II:612-632 Phoebus repents and saves
Aesculapius
Bk II:633-675 Chiron and Chariclo's prophecies
Bk II:676-707 Mercury, Battus and the stolen
cattle
Bk II:708-736 Mercury sees Herse
Bk II:737-751 Mercury elicits the help of
Aglauros
Bk II:752-786 Minerva calls on Envy
Bk II:787-811 Envy poisons Aglauros's heart
Bk II:812-832 Aglauros is turned to stone
Bk II:833-875 Jupiter's abduction of Europa
Bk III:1-49 Cadmus searches for his sister
Europa
Bk III:50-94 Cadmus kills the Dragon
Bk III:95-114 Cadmus sows the Dragon's
teeth
Bk III:115-137 Cadmus founds Thebes
Bk III:138-164 Actaeon returns from the hunt
Bk III:165-205 Actaeon sees Diana naked and is
turned into a stag
Bk III:206-231 Actaeon is pursued by his hounds
Bk III:232-252 Actaeon is killed by the dogs
Bk III:253-272 Juno sets out to punish Semele
Bk III:273-315 Semele is consumed by Jupiter's
fire
Bk III:316-338 The judgement of Tiresias
Bk III:339-358 Echo sees Narcissus
Bk III:359-401 How Juno altered Echo's speech
Bk III:402-436 Narcissus sees himself and falls
in love
Bk III:437-473 Narcissus laments the pain of
unrequited love
Bk III:474-510 Narcissus is changed into a
flower
Bk III:511-527 Tiresias prophesies Pentheus's
fate
Bk III:528-571 Pentheus rejects the worship of
Bacchus
Bk III:572-596 Acoetes is captured and
interrogated
Bk III:597-637 Acoetes's story - the beautiful
boy
Bk III:638-691 Acoetes's ship and crew are
transformed
Bk III:692-733 Pentheus is killed by the
Maenads
Bk IV:1-30 The Festival of Bacchus
Bk IV:31-54 The daughters of Minyas reject
Bacchus
Bk IV:55-92 Arsippe tells the story of Pyramus
and Thisbe
Bk IV:93-127 The death of Pyramus
Bk IV:128-166 The death of Thisbe
Bk IV:167-189 Leuconoë's story: Mars and Venus
Bk IV:190-213 Leuconoë's story: Venus's revenge
Bk IV:214-255 The transformation of Leucothoë
Bk IV:256-273 Clytie is transformed into the
heliotrope
Bk IV:274-316 Alcithoë tells the story of
Salmacis
Bk IV:317-345 Salmacis falls for Hermaphroditus
Bk IV:346-388 Salmacis and Hermaphroditus
merge
Bk IV:389-415 The daughters of Minyas become
bats
Bk IV:416-463 Juno is angered by Semele's
sister Ino
Bk IV:464-511 Tisiphone maddens Athamas and Ino
Bk IV:512-542 Ino becomes the goddess Leucothoë
Bk IV:543-562 Juno transforms the Theban women
Bk V:200-249 Phineus is turned to stone
Bk V:250-293 Minerva on Helicon
Bk V:294-331 The contest between the Pierides
and the Muses
Bk V:332-384 Calliope sings: Cupid makes Dis
fall in love
Bk V:385-424 Calliope sings: Dis and the rape
of Proserpine
Bk V:425-486 Calliope sings: Ceres searches for
Proserpine
Bk V:487-532 Calliope sings: Ceres asks
Jupiter's help
Bk V:533-571 Calliope sings: Persephone's fate
Bk V:572-641 Calliope sings: Arethusa's story
Bk V:642-678 Calliope sings: Triptolemus. The
Fate of the Pierides
BkVI:1-25 Arachne rejects Minerva
Bk VI:26-69 Pallas Minerva challenges Arachne
Bk VI:70-102 Pallas weaves her web
Bk VI:103-128 Arachne weaves hers in reply
Bk VI:129-145 Arachne is turned into a spider
Bk VI:146-203 Niobe rejects the worship of
Latona
Bk VI:204-266 The gods' vengeance: Niobe's sons
are killed
Bk VI:267-312 Niobe's daughters are killed: Her
fate.
Bk VI:313-381 The story of Latona and the
Lycians
Bk VI:382-400 The tale of Marsyas
Bk VI:401-438 The marriage of Procne and Tereus
Bk VI:438-485 Tereus's passion for Procne's
sister Philomela
Bk VI:486-548 Tereus forces Philomela
Bk VI:549-570 Philomela is mutilated
Bk VI:571-619 The truth is revealed
Bk VI:619-652 The pitiless feast
Bk VI:653-674 They are transformed into birds
Bk VI:675-721 Boreas and Orithyia
Bk VII:1-73 Medea agonises over her love for
Jason
Bk VII:74-99 Jason promises to marry Medea
Bk VII:100-158 Jason wins the Golden Fleece
Bk VII:159-178 Jason asks Medea to lengthen
Aeson's life
Bk VII:179-233 Medea summons the powers
and gathers herbs
Bk VII:234-293 Medea rejuvenates Aeson
Bk VII:294-349 Medea's destruction of Pelias
Bk VII:350-403 Medea flees and reaches Athens
Bk VII:404-424 Medea attempts Theseus's life,
then vanishes
Bk VII:425-452 The praise for Theseus
Bk VII:453-500 Minos threatens war
Bk VII:501-613 Aeacus tells of the plague at
Aegina
Bk VII:614-660 The creation of the Myrmidons
Bk VII:661-758 The infidelities of Cephalus and
Procris
Bk VII:759-795 The transformation of Cephalus's
dog Laelaps
Bk VII:796-865 The death of Procris
Bk VIII:1-80 Scylla decides to betray her city
of Megara
Bk VIII:81-151 Scylla, deserted, is changed to
a bird