Comparing Creation Myths Of Hesiod And Ovid

1. I find some similarities between the creation myths of Hesiod and Ovid; the story before the beginning the myth, the creation of the world, and the story of Prometheus. Before beginning the myth, they asked a blessing from the gods or got a permission to tell gods’ stories. Both two epics explained that the world was started from the Chaos, a mass of nothing and how the earth, the water, the air and sky were made. Also both Hesiod and Ovid wrote about the story of Prometheus who gave fire to the man.

2. Both the creation myths of Hesiod and Genesis were started from the story of Chaos. Then they described the creation of earth, sky, day, night, human, and other things. Although both told about the gods, but they are not the same. Hesiod’s