![]() ![]() However, Ovid’s work presents other forces over which the gods themselves have no control. In this way, it seems that the gods are responsible for the universe, especially as they go on to have a huge influence over the world’s affairs. In the first chapter of the Metamorphoses, Ovid describes the world as a jumble of indistinct parts “called Chaos.” The gods give order to this chaos by sorting out the elements by their weight and qualities. 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.Book 8: Meleager and the Calydonian Boar.Book 5: Calliope’s Song: Triptolemus and Lyncus. ![]()
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