Project Gutenberg 2007-06-08 Public domain in the USA. 7348 Ovid -43 17 Ovidius Naso, Publius Nasón, Publio Ovidio Nason, Publio Ovidio Riley, Henry T. (Henry Thomas) 1816 1878 Riley, Henry Thomas Riley, H.T. The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII Reading ease score: 73.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Louise Hope, Steve Schulze and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII" by Ovid is a classical epic poem written in the early 1st century AD. This work is a seminal collection of mythological tales from ancient Greece and Rome, exploring themes of transformation and the divine interplay between gods and humans. Through the lens of these myths, the narrative delves into the creation of the world, the origin of humankind, and the consequences of divine retribution against human behavior. At the start of the text, the focus is on the creation narrative where Chaos is ordered by the deity, giving rise to the four elements: earth, air, fire, and water, eventually leading to the creation of man. Ovid introduces the Golden Age, followed by the subsequent ages of Silver, Bronze, and Iron, illustrating humanity's gradual moral decline. The text then recounts the defiance of the Giants, who aspire to overthrow the gods, leading to their punishment and the decision to flood the earth. Among the survivors are Deucalion and Pyrrha, who are ultimately commanded to repopulate the earth after the flood by casting stones, which transform into humans, symbolizing renewal and resilience. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/21765/21765-h/images/title1893.png en Classical literature Latin poetry -- Translations into English Fables, Latin -- Translations into English Metamorphosis -- Mythology -- Poetry Mythology, Classical -- Poetry PA Text Best Books Ever Listings Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Poetry 942931 942831 2024-10-09T11:57:22.407156 2023-09-10T04:05:17.174708 text/html text/html 951289 2021-06-28T05:41:46 text/html; charset=utf-8 352609 2021-06-28T05:42:40 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 378038 2024-10-09T11:57:37.425062 application/epub+zip 387285 2024-10-09T11:57:25.031136 application/epub+zip 378562 2024-10-09T11:57:23.693141 application/epub+zip 684599 2024-10-09T11:57:45.683032 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 583434 2024-10-09T11:57:35.870080 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 557250 2022-09-10T09:08:10.180327 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 780013 2024-10-09T11:57:19.854150 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 779875 2021-06-28T04:12:14 text/plain; charset=utf-8 301408 2021-06-28T05:42:17 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 21349 2024-10-09T11:57:45.850036 application/rdf+xml 8891 2024-10-09T11:57:23.867149 image/jpeg 1998 2024-10-09T11:57:23.781137 image/jpeg 347457 2024-10-09T11:57:22.490183 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia