Ovid,
Metamorphoses — Creation
“ Lest any any region be in its own animals lacking, the stars held the celestial floor (and the forms of the gods) , the waves gave way to inhabiting glittery fishes, the earth received wild animals, the moving air, flying things. ”
Ovid,
Metamorphoses — Creation
“ And where the earth was, also there was sea and air too, thus the earth was unstable, the waves unswimmable, the air lacking light, to nothing remained its own form, and one thing opposed others, because in one body cold things fought with warm things, moist with dry, soft with hard, those having weight, with those not having it. ”
Ovid,
Metamorphoses — Creation
“ Next is air to it, in lightness and in place. Denser than these the earth drew the gross elements and was subdued by its own weight. Water flowing round possessed the final places, and bound together the solid orb. ”
