In the beginning...

In the Beginning...

        Where did man come from? Where did time begin? Who, or what, created round outly things? These are questions that mankind has sought to answer from the beginning of human beings as it is known today. Many stories and fables have been told and passed down from contemporaries to generation, yet two have survived the test of time and upbraiding. The scriptural account in Genesis, probably written by Moses some 1500 B.C., and the story of foot and flood in Ovids Metamorphosis, written someplace between 8 and 17 A.D., have weathered the criticism and become the vigorous-nigh famous. The Genesis account, however, may be the most prominent of the two accounts. Within these accounts, are many similarities, as well as differences, which make these two reports well esteem, while holding their own in the literary world.

        though both accounts of the creation and flood are well respected on their own, when compared side to side, they are drastically different. Ovids purpose for writing the creation story is geared more towards explaining creation as it happens, in his opinion, whereas the Bible stresses the fact that the God of the Hebrews is responsible for the worlds world today. Overall, Ovid is very detailed in explaining the formless mass, creation of the earth, wet and land metaphorically.



The Biblical account seems to be more plain, simple, and nonionic; not spending time on intricate detail. in that respect seems to be no specific time frame for creation in Ovids writing, whereas, the Bible states that it takes God six days to complete His creation; resting on the seventh. In Metamorphoses, the creation story is seven stanzas, a compilation of eighty lines. It takes Moses thirty- one verses of Old volition history to complete his story of creation.

        There are a few discrepancies in detail...

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