A Brief Description of The Metamorphoses
This post is a brief description about The Metamorphoses.
The Metamorphoses Meets The Bible
The Beginning of the World
The Metamorphoses
Table of Contents
Book I
Bk I:1-20 The Primal Chaos.................................. 26
Bk I:21-31 Separation of the elements................... 27
Bk I:32-51 The earth and sea. The five zones........ 28
Bk I:52-68 The four winds..................................... 29
Bk I:68-88 Humankind .......................................... 30
The Beginning of the World
The Bible
Table of Contents
Genesis
GEN 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
GEN 2:1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
GEN 3:1 Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
GEN 4:1 And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.
Caesar Augustus and Tiberius Caesar
The Metamorphoses
Caesar Augustus
"You, and Augustus, his ‘son’, will ensure that he ascends to heaven as a god, and is worshipped in the temples. Augustus, as heir to his name, will carry the burden placed upon him alone, and will have us with him, in battle, as the most courageous avenger of his father’s murder. " - Bk XV:745-842 The Deification of Julius Caesar
Tiberius Caesar
"When the world is at peace, he will turn his mind to the civil code, and, as the most just of legislators, make law. He will direct morality by his own example, and, looking to the future ages and coming generations, he will order a son, Tiberius, born of his virtuous wife, to take his name, and his responsibilities.’" - Bk XV:745-842 The Deification of Julius Caesar
Caesar Augustus and Tiberius Caesar
The Bible
Caesar Augustus
"1 In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world." - Luke 2:1
Tiberius Caesar
"1 In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar—when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and Traconitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene—" - Luke 3:1
Augustus (Latin: Imperator Caesar Divi F. Augustus,[note 1] September 23, 63 BC – August 19, 14 AD) was the founder of the Roman Empire and its first Emperor, ruling from 27 BC until his death in 14 AD.[note 2] - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesar_Augustus
Tiberius (
/taɪˈbɪriəs/; Latin: Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus;[1] 16 November 42 BC – 16 March 37 AD), wasRoman Emperor from 14 AD to 37 AD. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiberius_Caesar
Link to Online Version of The Metamorphoses: The Metamorphoses
Books that accompany The Metamorphoses:
Theogony
The Odyssey
The Illiad
The Argonautica
The Aeneid
This post is a brief description about The Metamorphoses.
The Metamorphoses Meets The Bible
The Beginning of the World
The Metamorphoses
Table of Contents
Book I
Bk I:1-20 The Primal Chaos.................................. 26
Bk I:21-31 Separation of the elements................... 27
Bk I:32-51 The earth and sea. The five zones........ 28
Bk I:52-68 The four winds..................................... 29
Bk I:68-88 Humankind .......................................... 30
The Beginning of the World
The Bible
Table of Contents
Genesis
GEN 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
GEN 2:1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
GEN 3:1 Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
GEN 4:1 And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.
Caesar Augustus and Tiberius Caesar
The Metamorphoses
Caesar Augustus
"You, and Augustus, his ‘son’, will ensure that he ascends to heaven as a god, and is worshipped in the temples. Augustus, as heir to his name, will carry the burden placed upon him alone, and will have us with him, in battle, as the most courageous avenger of his father’s murder. " - Bk XV:745-842 The Deification of Julius Caesar
Tiberius Caesar
"When the world is at peace, he will turn his mind to the civil code, and, as the most just of legislators, make law. He will direct morality by his own example, and, looking to the future ages and coming generations, he will order a son, Tiberius, born of his virtuous wife, to take his name, and his responsibilities.’" - Bk XV:745-842 The Deification of Julius Caesar
The Bible
Caesar Augustus
"1 In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world." - Luke 2:1
Tiberius Caesar
"1 In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar—when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and Traconitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene—" - Luke 3:1
Augustus (Latin: Imperator Caesar Divi F. Augustus,[note 1] September 23, 63 BC – August 19, 14 AD) was the founder of the Roman Empire and its first Emperor, ruling from 27 BC until his death in 14 AD.[note 2] - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesar_Augustus
Tiberius (
/taɪˈbɪriəs/; Latin: Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus;[1] 16 November 42 BC – 16 March 37 AD), wasRoman Emperor from 14 AD to 37 AD. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiberius_CaesarLink to Online Version of The Metamorphoses: The Metamorphoses
Books that accompany The Metamorphoses:
Theogony
The Odyssey
The Illiad
The Argonautica
The Aeneid
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