The Metamorphoses of Ovid

Julius Cæsar

Also known as: Cæsar / Deified Julius / Julius / our Cæsar · Family: Roman · Role: assassinated ruler · First appears: Fable 111

Life events

  • Julius Cæsar is assassinated in the Senate-house.(Fable111 · 📍 Senate-house)
    • “Julius Cæsar is assassinated in the Senate-house, and by the intercession of Venus, his ancestor, he is changed into a star.”
  • Venus carries Julius Cæsar’s liberated soul from the Senate-house into the heavens.(Fable111 · 📍 Senate-house)
    • With: Venus
    • “Hardly had he uttered these words, when the genial Venus, perceived by none, stood in the very midst of the Senate-house, and snatched the soul, just liberated {from the body}, away from the limbs of her own Cæsar, and, not suffering it to dissolve in air, she bore it amid the stars of heaven.”
  • Julius Cæsar’s soul becomes a flaming star above the moon.(Fable111)
    • With: Venus
    • “Above the moon it takes its flight, and, as a star, it glitters, carrying a flaming train with a lengthened track;”

Fable 111

  • child: Augustus “For of {all} the acts of Cæsar, there is not one more ennobling than that he was the father of this {our Cæsar}.”
  • with Venus (Venus is identified as Julius Cæsar's ancestor.) “Julius Cæsar is assassinated in the Senate-house, and by the intercession of Venus, his ancestor, he is changed into a star.”
  • enemies with Syphax “The Numidians under Syphax, together with Juba, King of Mauritania, aided Cato, Scipio, and Petreius, who had been partizans of Pompey, against Julius Cæsar,”
  • enemies with Juba “The Numidians under Syphax, together with Juba, King of Mauritania, aided Cato, Scipio, and Petreius, who had been partizans of Pompey, against Julius Cæsar,”
  • enemies with Cato “The Numidians under Syphax, together with Juba, King of Mauritania, aided Cato, Scipio, and Petreius, who had been partizans of Pompey, against Julius Cæsar,”
  • enemies with Scipio “The Numidians under Syphax, together with Juba, King of Mauritania, aided Cato, Scipio, and Petreius, who had been partizans of Pompey, against Julius Cæsar,”
  • enemies with Petreius “The Numidians under Syphax, together with Juba, King of Mauritania, aided Cato, Scipio, and Petreius, who had been partizans of Pompey, against Julius Cæsar,”
  • enemies with Pompey “Pompey was defeated by Julius Cæsar at Pharsalia,”
  • enemies with Pharnaces “Cæsar conquered Pharnaces, the son of Mithridates, king of Pontus, in one battle.”

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