Ovidius

"Metamorfoosid" on Ovidiuse luuleteos, mis sisaldab lugusid põhiliselt vanakreeka mütoloogiast. Igas loos leiab aset mingi muundumine ehk metamorfoos. "Metamorfoosid" on ka Apuleiuse raamatu "Kuldne eesel" teine pealkiri.

In a world of gods and monsters, nothing is as it seems. When a deadly serpent's teeth are sown in the ground, warriors spring from the bloody soil. Only a great man can tame them and fulfil his destiny. Far away, Medusa, snakes writhing in her hair, meets her nemesis; the princess Andromeda is chained to a rock; …