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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.
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
Hesiod – Theogony From: 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. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License. Source:
Hesiod's Theogony, written by the ancient Greek poet around 700 BC, describing the origins and genealogies of the Greek gods. A new, downloadable translation by Christopher Kelk.
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.
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, and a large number ...
A concise biography of Hesiod plus historical and literary context for Theogony.
