Read the excerpt from The Metamorphoses by Ovid. They go down __ and cast stones, as ordered, behind their footsteps. The stones __ began to lay aside their hardness and their stiffness and by degrees to become soft; and when softened, to assume a new form. Presently after, when they were grown larger __ some shape of man might be seen in them __ Yet that part of them which was humid with any moisture, and earthy, was turned into portions adapted for the use of the body.That which is solid and cannot be bent, is changed into bones __ And in a little time, by the interposition of the Gods above, the stones thrown by the hands of the man, took the shape of a man, and the female race was renewed by the throwing of the woman. Thence are we a hardy generation and able to endure fatigue and we give proofs from what original we are sprung How does the adaptation differ from the original? Ovid explains where humanity originates, while Baldwin specifies that the rocks become the Hellenes Baldwin uses the story as a creation story while Ovid uses it to encourage people to honor the gods Baldwin emphasizes the positive aspects of the new Hellenic society, while Ovid does not. Ovid says that the people made from rocks are less than human, while Baldwin does not