The Metamorphoses (wildcat)

The Metamorphoses

Reading Alex Shakar's City in Love: The New York Metamorphoses, a collection of short stories based on Ovid's Metamorphoses. There are several stories in the book based on myths I didn't know, and as I'm about to start the one based on Caenis and her transformation into Caeneus:

"She spoke the last words in a deeper tone, that might have been the sound of a man's voice. So it was: the god of the deep ocean had already accepted her wish, and had granted, over and above it, that as a man Caeneus would be protected from all wounds, and never fall to the sword."

If I had two frogs, one would be named Ovid, and the other Heqet, the Egyptian goddess of frogs.

Comments (2)

michael:

What if you had a million frogs? I'd buy you a green dress, but not a real green dress, that's cruel.

We could call the faux-green dress Shirley and you could wear Shirley around town.

Posted by michael | June 30, 2004 10:04 AM

Posted on June 30, 2004 10:04

ben:

I have considered getting a frog, actually - the obvious problem being that I couldn't keep a cactus alive. We'll see. I think about it on and off.

Did you hear about the woman who apparently gave birth to a frog recently? She went swimming, apparently, and probably picked up some fetal tadpoles. It's apparently being rigourously tested as we speak.

Posted by ben | June 30, 2004 10:18 AM

Posted on June 30, 2004 10:18

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