god
Proteus
The shape-shifting sea-god, byword for endless transformation.
Reading notes
- The Art of Love §1.25 Proteus
The shape-shifting sea-god; the lover, like him, must take any form to suit each woman's nature.
- The Festivals §9 Proteus
Shape-shifting sea-god who, once bound, reveals how to regenerate bees from a buried bullock (the bugonia).
- Metamorphoses §2.13 Proteus
The 'old man of the sea,' a shape-shifting marine god.
- Metamorphoses §8.229 Proteus
Proteus, the shape-shifting sea-god, cited as the type of those who pass through many forms.
- Metamorphoses §13.427 Proteus
A shape-shifting sea-god.