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all this about oak or stone?2 Come you, let us begin with the Muses who gladden the great spirit of their father Zeus in Olympus with their songs, telling of things that are and that shall be and that were aforetime with consenting voice.
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
This text is adapted from the Internet Sacred Text Archive's Theogony, by Hesiod, http://www.sacred-texts.com/index.htm. This edited version is intended for academic or personal use and may not be sold or used for profit.
To the age of Pericles, Hesiod was one of four mythic bards standing at the source of Greek tradition. His special province was farming, and there were those who believed that of the many poems attributed to him, the only one that was truly his was the Works and Days.
The Theogony, attributed to Hesiod, was the first Greek cosmogony - outlining the origins and lineage of the Greek gods. The work begins with the universe in a state of chaos and progresses through a narrative that establishes divine order.
HESIOD, THEOGONY. HESIOD was a Greek epic poet who flourished in Boeotia in the C8th B.C. He was alongside Homer the most respected of the old Greek poets. His works included a poem titled the Theogony, a cosmological work describing the origins and genealogy of the gods, Works and Days, on the subjects of farming, morality and country life ...
10 sty 2020 · This file contains translations of the following works: Hesiod: Works and Days, The Theogony, fragments of The Catalogues of Women and the Eoiae, The Shield of Heracles (attributed to Hesiod), and fragments of various works attributed to Hesiod.
