Difference Between Hesiod's Creation Story

One difference between the two creation stories is that Hesiod’s creation story is Greek while Ovid’s tale is Roman and set later in time. Additionally, Ovid’s creation story is focused on the physical world as Hesiod’s emphasis is on the gods. An example of how Ovid has more relation to the physical world is when there is a huge flood so Deucalion and Pyrrha throw rocks over their heads to recolonize the world. Additionally, Jove turns Io, his mistress, into a cow to hide her from his wife, Juno, but later on the cow is given to Juno. Jove then hires Mercury to free Io the cow by killing Argus, the guard. On the other hand, Hesiod’s explains how the gods came about. In the beginning of Hesiod, there was chaos, which lead to earth, pit,