The Stories

Extracts from Ovid, Metamorphoses

The building of the labyrinth

Daedalus and Icarus

One of the great myths of antiquity, the story of Daedalus and Icarus symbolises man's ingenuity and aspirations, as well as being an allegory of tragic hubris (over-ambition) and youthful folly. Ovid's version of this Greek myth is a famed classic.

Pygmalion

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