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The first line of Hesiod's Theogony, a poem about the origin and genealogy of the Greek gods, invokes the Muses as the source of inspiration. The web page provides the Greek text, the English translation, and the commentary of the poem.
Hesiod's Theogony is a large-scale synthesis of a vast variety of local Greek traditions concerning the gods, organized as a narrative that tells how they came to be and how they established permanent control over the cosmos. It is the first known Greek mythical cosmogony.
Read the full text of Hesiod's Theogony, a poem describing the origins and genealogy of the gods, translated by Evelyn-White. Learn about the Muses, the cosmogony, the Titans, the Olympians, and more.
Hesiod. The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Theogony. Cambridge, MA.,Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. The Annenberg CPB/Project provided support for entering this text.
19 gru 2017 · The Theogony is an 8th-century BCE didactic and instructional poem, credited to the Greek poet Hesiod. The Theogony was, at first, not actually written down, rather, it was part of a rich oral tradition which only achieved written form decades later.
17 paź 2023 · Θεογονία (The Theogony} is a poem by Hesiod (8th – 7th century BC) describing the origins and genealogies of the Greek gods, composed c. 730–700 BC.
17 mar 2023 · The Theogony is an ancient Greek epic by Hesiod that narrates the origins and genealogies of the gods, from Chaos to Zeus. It also contains the Succession Myth, which explains how Zeus overthrew his father Cronus and became the ruler of the cosmos.
