This page is part of Classical Explorations a review of classic works and the identification of connections to other works. This page details an exploration of Book Two of the Metamorphoses of Ovid. At the end you can proceed to the following books.
What follows are examples of or references to other works of art either interpreting the stories shared by Ovid or inspired by those stories. Of course, there is a huge amount of work that could land here. I stand by my choices and accept suggestions.
Occasionally a link will connect to a separate page where an essay captures a certain connection between the work and others.
During the time of our reading, these pages will be updated. That’s between September 2026 to December 2027.
Book Two
Phaethon
The Fall of Phaeton by an anonymous artist in Antwerp in the 1630s and misattributed to Jan Carel Van Eyck (c.1649-1690) not to be confused with Jan Van Eyck (c.1390-1441). This was in a series of paintings created by a number of anonymous artists following a design by Peter Paul Rubens.
The Heliads and Cygnus
Phaeton’s Sisters Changed into Poplars, and Cygnus into a Swan (1590) by Hendrik Goltzius after Mülbracht Holland
Callisto
Diana and Callisto by Pietro Liberi (1605-1687)
Battus
Hermes Turns Butte into Stone (1767 engraving) by Antoine-Jean Duclos after Charles Monnet
The Envy of Aglauros
Envy (Invidia) (1670) by Justus de Corte (1627–1679)
Europa
The Rape of Europa (1643) — above — by Jacob Jordaens (1593–1678), now in the palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille. A more erotic earlier version (1615–1616) — below — is in the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin.
Go back to Book One.
Continue to Book Three.
