Book I
Prologue- "My soul would sing of metamorphoses."
The Creation- Then Earth, Wind, Fire and Water was created.
The Four Ages- As time went on, life became more complicated by the things that men saw and wanted.
The Giants- Humans are made out of the blood of Giants that once tried to conquer the sky.
Lycaon- After Jove kills the Giants who tried to take over his kingdom and sky, does he call a meeting of all the higher gods to announce that the new people will follow gods, not try to conquer them.
The Flood- Jove floods the Earth, many humans die in the water while others must struggle to survive in the aftermath of the flood.
Deucalion and Pyrrah- After the Flood, the only survivors were one man and one woman, soon as time went by, rocks became soft and turned into the shape of humans and life came to them.
Python- When all the world was good, the one thing that was bad was the serpent, he brought fear into all men that beheld him, Phoebus was the first to kill it.
Apollo and Daphne- Daphne is a free spirit who wants to run free in the woods, Apollo sees her and instantly falls in love with her, he chases her until she cries out to her father to help her, her father then turns her into a laurel tree.
Io and Jove- When Jove first sees Io, he immediately wants her, she refuses him so he rapes her, Juno, seeing only what Jove has done blames Io for it so she turns her into a heifer, eventually she sees that Io is innocent and turns her not only back into a human, but into a beautiful goddess.
Phaethon- Young Phaethon asks his mother about his father since he has never really known him, when he finds out that it is Phoebus, god of the Sun, he immediately wants to go up and meet him, his mother finally agrees.
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