Metamorphoses

Narcissus admiring himself in a spring, from a manuscript of Roman de la Rose, one of the medieval bestselling books heavily influenced by Ovid (Chantilly, Musée Condé, 482, around 1350 AD)

Most people will have heard of at least one ancient myth captured by the Roman poet Ovid's poem Metamorphoses, at least by name, if not by narrative. And if not of Da…