Ovid’s Metamorphoses #036/111: “Metamorphosis of the Pierides”

What this project is about.  

This one is from Book 5.

How long it took to read this (aloud): 1 mins 17s

What it’s “about”: You lose a singing contest, you are getting turned into crows

Words I didn’t know: none

Quotable quotes

“And as they tried to beat their breasts, their wings 

Were black, their bodies swung midair. They were 

Gossips in trees yet all had human voices — 

A fearful noise, they talk, talk, talk forever.”

How it lands to my eco-sensibility: xx

Obvious allusions, ways it was used (that I am aware of already) : xx

What I know I didn’t ‘get’: xx

To my knowledge, who’s used it why/how (RACC): xx

Further research questions: xx

Anything else: xx

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