Metamorphoses I

I thought I would post my outline that I had sketched in my notes while (re)reading Metamorphoses. Perhaps someone may find portions of it useful.

Metamorphoses I

A. The Four Ages:
    1) Gold- mankind toil-free, earth provided nourishment
    2) Silver- beginning of Jove/Jupiter/Zeus's rule, people dwell in houses instead of caves
    3) Bronze- marked by human cruelty
    4) Iron- mankind impious, rape of the earth, unrest between neighbors
B. The Giants:
     - built towers attempting to reach Jove, struck down by lightning, the blood of Giants became humankind
C. Lycaon:
     - tries to murder Jove while Jove is disguised as a human
     - house is destroyed by lightning, Lycaon is turned into a wolf
     - Jove decrees to decimate mankind, populate the earth with a new race
D. The Flood:
     - Jove decides fire may ignite the universal fabric and destroy everything
     - He floods the earth with Neptune/Poseidon's help
E. Deucalion and Pyrrha:
     - couple survives on Mt. Parnassus after their boat lands there
     - Jove spares them from deluge because they are pious
     - they pray to Themis and she instructs them to throw stones ("bones of the great mother") as they go
     - the stones become human (metamorphosis), Deucalion's are men, Pyrrha's are women
F. Python:
     - created and terrified all people, killed by Phoebus/Apollo
     - Olympic games created by gods to commemorate the slaying
G. Apollo and Daphne:
     - Apollo jeers Cupid/Eros and is scorned
     - Cupid shoots Apollo with golden arrow (attraction) and Daphne with leaded arrow (rejection)
     - while fleeing Apollo, Daphne pleads with father and river gods to to change her form
     - transformed into a tree
H. Io and Jove:
     - Jove rapes Io in a fog and turns her into a white heifer, Io's father (Inachus, river god) weeps
     - Juno/Hera senses foul play and goes looking for Jove, Jove gives her the heifer
     - Juno entrusts Argus to watch over Io, Io reveals her identity to Inachus by marking name in dirt
     - Mercury/Hermes puts Argus to sleep with Pan's flute and stories, chops off head
     - Juno places Argus' eyes in peacock tail, torments Io until she begs for mercy
     - Io turned back into nymph, becomes Isis
I. Syrinx:
     - vowed to chastity like Diana/Artemis, pursued by Pan
     - Pan creates reed pipe instrument to converse with her