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Antoninus Liberalis · 2nd or 3rd century AD

Metamorphoses

Μεταμορφώσεων συναγωγή
Ancient Sources / Antoninus Liberalis / Metamorphoses

Forty-one short prose tales of transformation, each headed in the manuscript by a note naming its source, most often Nicander's Heteroeumena (Transformations) or Boeus' Ornithogonia (The Generation of Birds). The collection preserves versions of myths that Ovid also used, and many stories found nowhere else. The English is a new GreekMythology.com translation of Martini's Teubner text of 1896.

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Greek original with English translation, 15 passages, about 12400 words in English.
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Edition
Edgar Martini (ed.), Antonini Liberalis Μεταμορφώσεων συναγωγή, in Mythographi Graeci II.1, Leipzig: Teubner, 1896
Cite as
Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses 1.1 (by chapter, section)

Contents · 15 passages

  1. 1.1–3.4Ctesylla, the Meleagrides and Hierax863 words
  2. 4.1–5.5Cragaleus and Aegypius835 words
  3. 6.1–8.7Periphas, Anthus and Lamia (Sybaris)958 words
  4. 9.1–11.11The Emathides, the Minyades and Aedon996 words
  5. 12.1–13.7Cycnus and Aspalis966 words
  6. 14.1–16.3Munichus, Meropis and Oenoe711 words
  7. 17.1–19.3Leucippus, Eeropus and the Thieves690 words
  8. 20.1–21.6Clinis and Polyphonte784 words
  9. 22.1–24.3Cerambus, Battus and Ascalabus917 words
  10. 25.1–27.4Metioche and Menippe, Hylas and Iphigenia739 words
  11. 28.1–30.4Typhon, Galinthias and Byblis742 words
  12. 31.1–33.4The Messapians, Dryope and Alcmena894 words
  13. 34.1–36.3Smyrna, the Herdsmen and Pandareus676 words
  14. 37.1–39.6The Dorians, the Wolf and Arceophon832 words
  15. 40.1–41.10Britomartis and the Fox797 words

English translation by GreekMythology.com (2026). Original text: Edgar Martini (ed.), Antonini Liberalis Μεταμορφώσεων συναγωγή, in Mythographi Graeci II.1, Leipzig: Teubner, 1896.

Text layer: Greek text: public domain (Martini, Teubner 1896; our OCR correction of the Internet Archive scan). English translation © GreekMythology.com.. Introductions, summaries and notes © GreekMythology.com.