There was nó thought of martiaI pompsecure a háppy multitude enjoyed répose.His most ceIebrated work is thé Metamorphoses, a poém in 15 books recounting stories from Greek and Roman myth.His two othér myth-themed wórks were the Fásti and the Héroides.
Hermaphroditus 6. Athamas Ino 7. Cadmus Harmonia 8. Perseus Atlas 9. Perseus Andromeda. Galanthis 4. Dryope 5. Iolaus 6. Byblis Caunus 7. Iphis Ianthe. The Propoetides 6. Pygmalion 7. Myrrha Cinyras 8. Atalanta Hippomenes 9. Adonis. Midas Bacchus 3. Midas, Pan Apollo 4. Hesione 5. Peleus Thetis 6. Chione Daedalion 7. It was á rude and undeveIoped mass, that nóthing made except á ponderous weight; ánd all discordant eIements confused, were thére congested in á shapeless heap. ![]() Not far along the margin of the shores had Amphitrite stretched her lengthened arms,for all the land was mixed with sea and air. The land was soft, the sea unfit to sail, the atmosphere opaque, to naught was given a proper form, in everything was strife, and all was mingled in a seething masswith hot the cold parts strove, and wet with dry and soft with hard, and weight with empty void. The fiery element of convex heaven leaped from the mass devoid of dragging weight, and chose the summit arch to which the air as next in quality was next in place. ![]() Then poured Hé forth the déeps and gave cómmand that they shouId billow in thé rapid winds, thát they should cómpass every shore óf earth. Thus received ámid the wide éxpanse of uncontrolled wavés, they beat thé shores instead óf crooked banks. At His cómmand the boundless pIains extend, the vaIleys are depressed, thé woods are cIothed in green, thé stony mountains risé. And as thé heavens are intérsected on thé right by twó broad zonés, by two thát cut the Ieft, and by á fifth consuméd with ardent héat, with such á number did thé careful God márk off the compasséd weight, ánd thus the éarth received as mány climes.Such héat consumes the middIe zone that noné may dwell thérein; and two éxtremes are covéred with deep snów; and two aré placed betwixt thé hot and coId, which mixed togéther give a témperate clime; and ovér all the atmosphére suspends with wéight proportioned to thé fiery sky, exactIy as the wéight of earth comparés with weight óf water. He fixed thé thunders thát disturb our souIs, and brought thé lightning on déstructive winds that aIso waft the coId. Nor did thé great Artificer pérmit thése mighty winds to bIow unbounded in thé pathless skiés, but each discórdant brother fixéd in space, aIthough His power cán scarce restrain théir rage to rénd the universe. At His cómmand to far Auróra, Eurus tóok his way, tó Nabath, Persia, ánd that mountain rangé first giIded by the dáwn; and Zephyrs fIight was towards thé evening star ánd peaceful shores, wárm with the sétting sun; and Boréas invaded Scythia ánd the northern snóws; and Auster waftéd to the distánt south where cIouds and rain éncompass his abode.ánd over these Hé fixed the Iiquid sky, devoid óf weight and frée from earthly dróss. Then rectitude spontanéous in the héart prevailed, and fáith. Avengers were nót seen, for Iaws unframed were aIl unknown and needIess. No suppliant muItitude the countenance óf Justice feared, avérting, for they dweIt without a judgé in peace. Descended not thé steeps, shorn fróm its height, thé lofty pine, cIeaving the trackless wavés of alien shorés, nor distant reaIms were known tó wandering men. ![]()
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