Ch. 12: Ovid's account of the Flood (Rome)

Jove

aka Jupiter, the head of the gods in Roman myth; in this story he’s mad about the giants

council of the gods

Ovid portrays the gods like a rowdy meeting of the Roman Senate

Lycaeon

founder of the town of Lycosura, whose claim to be the earth’s oldest city is unsubstantiated; considered the first werewolf after being cursed for challenging Jove

Aeolus

god of wind

Juno

wife of Jove, sends Iris to fill the clouds with rain

Neptune

god of the sea, summons his rivers to flood the earth

Deucalion and Pyrrha

son of Prometheus, he and his wife are the only ones to escape the flood, contrast Lycaeon