The Four Ages: The golden age, in many ways, was the ideal habitat for all living things and everyone "lived at peace in tranquil ease". The four seasons did not evolve until Jove's rule began(during the silver age), when the world began to experience the extreme changes in weather causing man to seek shelter. It was not until that bronze age that violence began and the use of weapons was needed. It marked the end of a peaceful existence and the beginning of savage behavior that "gave way to every foul impiety".
(The Golden Age)
The Giants: After the mountain tops were struck down with bolts of lightning by Jove, the Giants' bodies sprawled across the Earth and was absorbed by it. In order to preserve these creatures, man was fashioned out of their warm blood to create a race that was hungry for war and resented the very gods themselves.
The Flood: Jove originally intends to set the Earth on fire, but decides against it after he remembers that the book of fates states the setting the world on fire would undo the fabric of the universe. Instead, he floods the earth by freeing Notus with his beard made of rainclouds and calls upon his brother Neptune to send the river gods to flood everything between the poles until one cannot make a distinction between sea and shore. All animals now swim amongst the sea and most men have drowned.
Apollo & Daphne: Still basking in pride post- defeating Python, Phoebus heckles Cupid for carrying a heavy bow, saying that his shoulders are much more suited for a weapon of that size. Cupid retorts by piercing him with him the golden tip of his arrow, causing Phoebus to fall in love with a lovely woodland nymph named Daphne who despises even the very thought of love. But Phoebus is lovestruck and pines for her everyday as she flees like the lamb before the wolf. As he races after her, she calls Peneus' stream nearby where he transforms her into a tree. But Apollo is still in love with her and continues to wear her leaves to wreathe his hair.
Phaethon: Cocky Phaethon says to Epaphus that he is better than him because he is the son of the god of the sun, and after being embarrassed by Epaphus for saying that his mother made up silly stories about his lineage, Phaethon runs to his mother demanding proof that his father is, indeed, the sun god. His mother, Clymene, raised her arms to the sky and proclaimed that he is indeed the son of the god of the sun and is presented to the earth as the world's great gaurdian and she grants him permission to go to the sun god's house to ask him himself. At the end of the story, Phaethon arrives at the steps of Phoebus' palace.
(Phaethon)
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