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Ovid's epic poem covers over 200 stories of people who were changed in various ways, mostly because they pissed off the gods, in one way or another. In some cases, the punishments were deserved, but in many others we see how human-like the gods really are. For example, every single young virgin raped by Jove was turned into an animal by his jealous wife, Juno. Sheesh, talk about blaming the victim...
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