Metamorphoses II

Metamorphoses II


A. Phaethon:
     - Phoebus grants son Phaethon 1 wish to prove he is Phaethon's father
     - Apollo tries to dissuade Phaethon, no one else can drive the sun's chariot, no other gods, many perils
     - Phaethon insists and ends up setting the earth on fire by crashing sun's chariot
     - Ethiopians are turned black when the blood rushing to the skin burns
     - gods council and intervene to save earth, Jove strikes Phaethon with thunderbolt, knocks off chariot
B. Callisto:
     - favorite nymph of Diana/Artemis
     - Jove disguises himself as Diana and tricks Callisto into trusting him, rapes her
     - when Callisto disrobes at the pond and Diana sees her naked, she is banished
     - Arcas born of Callisto and Jove, Juno turns Callisto into a bear
     - Arcas is about to shoot his mother with an arrow
     - Jove intervenes and makes them into constellations (Callisto: Ursa Major, Arcas: Ursa Minor)
C. Coronis:
     - Coronis is lover of Apollo, crow (raven?) informs Apollo of Coronis and another lover
     - kills Coronis with an arrow, banishes raven from rank of white birds
D. Europa and Jove:
     - daughter of king Agenor
     - Jove turns into a white bull, takes Europa out to sea, rapes her there
     - Agenor instructs his son Cadmus to find Europa