Ovid
Roman poet, author of the Metamorphoses. His account of primordial chaos and the Golden Age parallels the Genesis narrative.
Works
Chapter I (The Six Days of Creation)
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Verse 2: And the earth was without form and void
— Quoted from Metamorphoses on the original chaos
"about which Ovid says:"
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Verse 29: Behold I Have Given You Every Herb for Food
— Quoted from Book 1 of the Metamorphoses on the ancient fathers gathering acorns
"And Ovid, in Book 1 of the Metamorphoses, sings thus of the ancient fathers:"