"Ozymandias" is a poem published in 1818 by Percy Bysshe Shelley.

Ozymandias may also refer to:

People

  • Ramesses II, pharaoh of Egypt, known as Ozymandias in Greek sources, on whom a number of poems are based

Arts and entertainment

Fictional characters and elements

  • Ozymandias (Marvel Comics), a Marvel Comics character
  • Ozymandias (Watchmen), a character from the Watchmen comic book series, film, and television series
  • Ozymandias, a character from John Christopher's The Tripods trilogy
  • Ozymandias Justin Llewellyn, a character in the comic strip Ozy and Millie
  • Ozymandias, a dæmon in the His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman
  • Ozymandias "Oz" Mayfair-Richards, a character from American Horror Story: Cult
  • Ozymandias, a character in James Patterson's 2003 novel The Lake House
  • Ozymandias, an owl in the 1970s children's fantasy series Ace of Wands
  • Ozymandias, the main starship in Dino Crisis 3

Music

  • Qntal IV: Ozymandias, a 2005 album by Qntal
  • "Ozymandias", a song by Brymo from the 2020 album Yellow
  • "Ozymandias", a song by Jefferson Starship from the 1976 album Spitfire
  • "Ozymandias", a song by The Black League from the 2000 album Ichor
  • "Ozymandias", a song by The Guggenheim Grotto from the 2005 album ...Waltzing Alone
  • "Ozymandias", a song by The Sisters of Mercy, the b-side to their 1988 single "Dominion"
  • "My Name Is Ozymandias", a song by Gatsby's American Dream from their eponymous 2006 album
  • “Ozymandias”, a song by Jean-Jacques Burnel

Other uses in arts and entertainment

  • "Ozymandias" (Smith), an 1818 sonnet written by Horace Smith
  • "Ozymandias" (short story), by Robert Silverberg, 1958
  • "Ozymandias" (Breaking Bad), a 2013 episode of Breaking Bad
  • "Ozymandias", an episode of the 1987 TV series Beauty and the Beast
  • Saint Ozymandias, "patron saint of all the leprechauns of Glocca Morra", in Finian's Rainbow.

See also

  • Ozymandias (fish), an extinct fish genus
  • Ophiodon ozymandias, an extinct fish species

References