![]() Finally, they created Man-a creature with divine attributes who could hold dominion over other animals. ![]() ![]() They created landforms, animals, and weather. Ovid then explains that the universe used to be a jumble of parts making up a “single face called Chaos.” The gods separated out the elements, setting the heavier ones down as earth and dissipating the lighter ones as air. Ovid begins the Metamorphoses by asking the gods to help him trace the origins of the world and its development up to his own time (Caesar Augustus’s reign in the Roman Empire). Book 15: The Apotheosis of Julius Caesar.Book 14: The Mutinous Companions of Diomedes.Book 14: Macareus’ Story: Picus, Canens and Circe.Book 14: Macareus’ Story: Ulysses and Circe.Book 14: Achaemenides’ Story: Ulysses’ Men in Polyphemus’ Cave.Book 12: The Battle of the Lapiths and Centaurs.Book 11: Peleus at the Court of Ceyx (2).Book 11: Peleus at the Court of Ceyx (1).Book 10: Orpheus’ Song: Venus and Adonis (2). ![]() Book 10: Venus’ Story: Atalanta and Hippomenes.Book 10: Orpheus’ Song: Venus and Adonis (1).Book 10: Orpheus’ Song: The Cerastae and Propoetides.Book 8: Achelous, the Naiads and Perimele. ![]()
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