Cadmus: Cadmus slays a serpent, spreads its teeth in the soil, and men sprout from the ground.
Actaeon: A pervert is punished and transformed into a stag.
Semele: Tricked by Juno into asking to see Jove's true form, and explodes from looking upon a God.
Pentheus: Morphed into a boar, and dies at the hands of his family for doubting Bacchus.
Book IV:
Pyramus & Thisbe: Forbidden Lovers tragic end, slaughtered by their own hand, and spill blood on a Mulberry Tree.
Mars, Venus, Vulcan, & the Sun: Love affairs and jealousy weave a web of embarrassment for the Gods.
Salmacis & Hermaphroditus: The nymph desired Hermaphroditus and morphed with his body, when he swam in her water.
The Daughters of Minyas: Bacchus transforms these ladies into bats, for not recognizing his holiday.
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