Ovid — Metamorphoses (Roman narrative epic and reception, 8 CE)

1. Ovid completes the Metamorphoses in Rome

   Jan 1, 8Labels: Ovid, Metamorphoses

   • Britannica
   • Metamorphoses

2. Ovid is banished to Tomis by Augustus

   Jan 1, 8Labels: Ovid, Tomis

   • Britannica
   • Exile of Ovid

3. Ovid writes exile poetry reflecting on his fate

   Jan 1, 9Labels: Tristia, Epistulae ex

   • Britannica

4. Metamorphoses circulates widely in manuscript culture

   Jan 1, 1200Labels: Manuscript culture, Medieval readers

   • St Andrews MET
   • Metamorphoses

5. First printed edition helps standardize the text

   Jan 1, 1471Labels: Printing press, Incunabula

   • Metamorphoses

6. Caxton completes an early English Metamorphoses

   Apr 22, 1480Labels: William Caxton, English translation

   • UWM Exhibit
   • Metamorphoses

7. Ovidian myths become key subjects in Renaissance art

   Jan 1, 1550Labels: Renaissance art, Ovidian myths

   • Rijksmuseum PR
   • Rijksmuseum Exhibit

8. Arthur Golding’s translation drives English Renaissance use

   Jan 1, 1567Labels: Arthur Golding, English translation

   • Golding Ovid
   • Metamorphoses

9. Bernini completes Apollo and Daphne in marble

   Sep 1, 1625Labels: Bernini, Apollo and

   • Borghese Gallery

10. George Sandys publishes a major English poetic translation

    Jan 1, 1632Labels: George Sandys, English translation

    • OBNB record
    • Metamorphoses

11. Garth-led translation project canonizes Ovid in English

    Jan 1, 1717Labels: Samuel Garth, Collaborative translation

    • ArchiveGrid
    • Metamorphoses

12. Ted Hughes reframes Ovid for late-20th-century readers

    Jan 1, 1997Labels: Ted Hughes, Tales from

    • Open Univ
    • Tales from Ovid

13. Mary Zimmerman’s Metamorphoses reaches Broadway audiences

    Mar 4, 2002Labels: Mary Zimmerman, Stage adaptation

    • Metamorphoses play

14. Rijksmuseum launches major Metamorphoses-themed exhibition

    Feb 6, 2026Labels: Rijksmuseum, Galleria Borghese

    • Rijksmuseum PR
    • Rijksmuseum Exhibit