...Dracont. De laud Dei 1.254; 1.266; Cyprian. Callus Heptat. Gen. 20. 218-220 Cf. Ovid Met. 1.76-79: Sanctius his animal mentisque capacius altae deerat...posset: natus homo est, sive hunc divino semine fecit ille opifex rerum, mundi melioris origo, . . . Ps. Apuleius Asclep. 6 Sed de animalibus cunctis humanos...

...formaeque deorum, cesserunt nitidis habitandae piscibus undae, terra feras cepit, volucres agitabilis aer. Sanctius his animal mentisque capacius altae deerat...posset: natus homo est, sive hunc divino semine fecit ille opifex rerum, mundi melioris origo, sive recens tellus seductaque nuper ab alto aethere cognati...

...formaeque deorum. cesserunt nitidis habitandae piscibus undae, terra feras cepit, volucres agitabilis aer. 75 Sanctius his animal mentisque capacius altae...posset: natus homo est, sive hunc divino semine fecit ille opifex rerum, mundi melioris origo, sive recens tellus seductaque nuper ab alto 80 aethere cognati...

...another afterthought: a being is still missing to rule over the other animalia (including the gods!): sanctius his animal mentisque capacius altae / deerat adhuc et quod dominari in cetera posset (1.76-77). For this reason humanity is abruptly created (1.78, natus homo est). Some scholars grasp...

...deorum, cesserunt nitidis habitandae piscibus undae, terra feras cepit, uolucres agitabilis aer. 7S Sanctius his animal mentisque capacius altae deerat...et quod dominari in cetera posset: natus homo est, siue hunc diuino semine fecit ille opifex rerum, mundi melioris origo, siue recens tellus seductaque...

...1:20, 21, 24, in which living things are distributed over sea, earth, and sky. Finally, vss. 76-77, sanctius his animal mentisque capacius altae deerat adhuc et quod dominari in cetera posset show a strong similarity to Gen. 2 : 5, et homo non erat qui operaretur terrain, especially if it is...