Ovid's Metamorphoses

Methamorphoeos vulgare; Metamorphoses(Written by, Ovid, Roman, Sulmo 43 B.C-17 A.D)

Folio 49 verso: Minerva discards the pipe; Marsyas competes with Apollo and, losing, is flayed alive.

Ovid was a Roman poet and Metamorphoses was a Latin narrative poem, composed of 250 myths and 15 stories. Metamorphoses was considered Ovid's Magnum opus, meaning his greatest work achieved. There are multiple artworks consisting of the myths within Metamorphoses, a few are shown below.

The Rape of Europa (Paolo Veronese, 1528-1588)

Perseus turning Phineas and his Followers to Stone (Luca Giordano, 1634 - 1705)

Diana and Actaeon from a set of Ovid's Metamorphoses (Manufactory: Gobelins: Royal Manufactory; Workshop of: Jean Jans the Younger, French, c. 1644-1723)

Palace of Circe (Oudry, Jean-Baptiste 1686-1755)

The Tapestry Weavers, or The Fable of Arachne (Diego Velazquez 1657)