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Piero di Cosimo, A Hunting Scene, c. 1500 Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art: (Quote) And so now, in what remains, my train of argument has now brought me to this point, where I must set down an explanation how the world is a mortal substance and was born, how a collection of materials established earth, heaven, sea, stars, sun, and the moon’s globe, then what living creatures sprang from earth, as well as those never born at any time, how the human race began to employ among themselves v…

The above translation is from Ian Johnston.

epicureanfriends.com/wcf/attachment/3991/ Yes, that's this one. All three have the forest fire as an important motif.

Good questions! I usually quote Johnston because it's easy to search for key-words and copy/paste. Perseus is a great resource but the chunks of text are often too small and it can be difficult to select text on mobile (although there are workarounds). I also find Stallings to be a bit distracting, but some people are drawn to her style. My favorite verse translation is Rolfe Humphries, but he admits in his introduction that his focus was to capture the flavor of the poem rather than a literal r…