Roman — Minor Figures
10 figures from The Metamorphoses of Ovid who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.
Cato
politician · first appears Fable 111
- Fable 111 · enemies with Julius Cæsar “The Numidians under Syphax, together with Juba, King of Mauritania, aided Cato, Scipio, and Petreius, who had been partizans of Pompey, against Julius Cæsar,”
Petreius
partisan of Pompey · first appears Fable 111
- Fable 111 · enemies with Julius Cæsar “The Numidians under Syphax, together with Juba, King of Mauritania, aided Cato, Scipio, and Petreius, who had been partizans of Pompey, against Julius Cæsar,”
Pompey
general · first appears Fable 111
- Fable 111 · enemies with Julius Cæsar “Pompey was defeated by Julius Cæsar at Pharsalia,”
Scipio
politician · first appears Fable 111
- Fable 111 · enemies with Julius Cæsar “The Numidians under Syphax, together with Juba, King of Mauritania, aided Cato, Scipio, and Petreius, who had been partizans of Pompey, against Julius Cæsar,”
Brutus
politician · first appears Fable 111
- Fable 111 · enemies with Augustus “Brutus and Cassius were defeated by Augustus and Antony at Philippi.”
Cassius
politician · first appears Fable 111
- Fable 111 · enemies with Augustus “Brutus and Cassius were defeated by Augustus and Antony at Philippi.”
Tiberius
son of Livia Drusilla and heir of Augustus · first appears Fable 111
- Fable 111 · guardian: Augustus “He adopted her son Tiberius, and constituted him his successor.”
- Fable 111 · parent: Livia Drusilla “He adopted her son Tiberius, and constituted him his successor.”
Tiberius Nero
husband of Livia Drusilla · first appears Fable 111
- Fable 111 · married with Livia Drusilla “Augustus took Livia Drusilla, while pregnant, from her husband, Tiberius Nero, and married her.”
Octavia
wife of Mark Antony · first appears Fable 111
- Fable 111 · married with Mark Antony “Mark Antony was so infatuated as to divorce his wife, Octavia,”
Quirinus
founder deity · first appears Fable 111
- Fable 111 · child: Gradivus “and thou, Gradivus, the son of the invincible Quirinus,”
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Extracted from the original text of The Metamorphoses of Ovid. Made with Rho MD.