Ovid's Metamorphoses I, as translated into english by Tony Kline.
- Jupiter has Neptune flood the earth
- After the flood only one woman and one man remain
- Jupiter is pleased so he has the water retreat
- The two left asked the goddess for help recreating the human race
- She told them to throw stones behind them as they walked away and humans were then created from the stones
- Jupiter rapes Io and then turns her into a cow
- Juno thinks this is a gift for her, she has Argus guard it
- Io's father finds her and grieves
- Jupiter sends Mercury to kill Argus
- Io is turned back into a human
- Io is honored as a goddess
- She has a son, said to be Jupiters
- Her son has a friend, Phaethon, son of the sun god
- Phaethon's mother confirms he is the son of the sun god and so he seeks his father out
- His father confirms
- Phaethon asks to fly his chariot
- His father warns him, but lets him fly it
- Phaeton can't handle it and lets go of the reins
- The earth starts to burn
- Jupiter threw a lighting bolt at the chariot
- Phaethon dies
- His sisters turn into poplar trees
- The sun god refuses to return to work, but then does
- Jupiter rapes Callisto
- The moon goddess learns that Callisto is pregnant and not a virgin and casts her away
- After she has the baby, Juno turns her into a bear
- Jupiter later turns her and her son into constellations
- Semele is pregnant with Jupiters child
- Juno is outraged
- Semele was killed by Jupiter's fire
- Her son was carried in Jupiter's thigh until birth
(Phaethon by Gustave Moreau)
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