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Metamorphoses
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BOOK 1
Reading Check
1. Who or what is the first being that exists in the cosmos?
Short Answer
Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.
1. Why does Jupiter punish humanity with the flood?
Paired Resource
- Britannica’s biography of the poet Ovid includes relevant details about his family, childhood, career, and personal life.
- This connects to the themes of Myth, History, and Empire and Boundaries and Fluidity.
- How did the events of Ovid’s life influence his poetry?
BOOK 2
Reading Check
1.How does Apollo find out Coronis has been unfaithful to him?
Short Answer
Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.
1. What is Phaethon’s wish? Why is the Sun unable to deny it?
BOOK 3
Reading Check
1. Who is the mother of Bacchus?
Short Answer
Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.
1. Why is Tiresias blinded?
BOOK 4
Reading Check
1. Why does Clytie spread rumors about Leucothoe?
Short Answer
Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence.
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