Latin Poet Ovid: "Metamorphoses" Excerpts on Earth on Fire

  Latin Poet Ovid:  "Metamorphoses" Excerpts on Earth on Fire

Metamorphosis Page

Metamorphoses or Transformations:

The poem Metamorphoses or Transformations is a Latin narrative poem by the Roman poet Ovid, and is considered his magnum opus.

The poem tells of the history of the world, and of particular interest here is cataclysmic events that focus on major Earth changes with an emphasis on heat and fire.  It describes how everything was burning, including rivers and river banks. Some waterways actually dry up.  Others may boil, perhaps because of radiation, friction from the earth's moving crust, magma coming to the surface, combustible gas and substances burning, and fire rain from above. 

Natural Hazards: Tectonic Activity, Continental Drift, and Crustal Displacement

  Tectonic Activity Continental Drift

Rift valley in Thingvellir National Park

Tectonic Activity Definition:

The Earth's crust is made up of continental and oceanic plates, which move across the surface of the planet, meeting at plate boundaries. Plate tectonics cause volcanic activity, mountain-building, ocean trench formation and earthquakes.