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THEOGONY Or, Birth of the Gods, By Hesiod (c. 700 BCE) Translated by: Hugh G. Evelyn-White Textural corrections, additions and notes by Barry F. Vaughan1 PROLOGUE: 1 From the Helikonian Muses let us begin to sing, who hold the great and holy mount of Helicon, and dance on soft feet about the deep-blue spring
Chart Hesiod's Theogony: Greek Names (Transilterated) Click on a name on the tree to view the full page entry for that individual. Two other versions of this chart are available: Greek Names (English Spelling) and Roman Names .
In Theogony Hesiod charts the history of the divine world, narrating the origin of the universe and the rise of the gods, from first beginnings to the triumph of Zeus, and reporting on the progeny of Zeus and of goddesses in union with mortal men.
A concise biography of Hesiod plus historical and literary context for Theogony.
In Theogony Hesiod charts the history of the divine world, narrating the origin of the universe and the rise of the gods, from first beginnings to the triumph of Zeus, and reporting on the progeny of Zeus and of goddesses in union with mortal men.
Theogony BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF HESIOD Hesiod is one of the oldest known Greek poets, writing in the eighth and seventh century B.C., roughly contemporaneous with Homer. Very little is known about Hesiod (even his lifespan is somewhat contentious), though scholars have been able to piece together bits of Hesiod’s life based on admissions in his ...
4 Earth, in the cosmology of Hesiod, is a disk surrounded by the river Oceanus and floating upon a waste of waters. It is called the foundation of all （the qualification “the deathless ones...” etc. is an interpolation）,
