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- Theogony – Mythopedia
The Theogony, composed by Hesiod around 700 BCE, is an early Greek epic It describes in detail the beginnings of the cosmos, the origins and genealogies of the gods, and the events leading up to the rise of Zeus and the Olympians
- Theogony (Full Text) - Mythopedia
(1–25) From the Heliconian 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 and the altar of the almighty son of Cronos, and, when they have washed their tender bodies in Permessus or in the Horse’s Spring or Olmeius, make their fair, lovely dances upon highest Helicon and move with vigorous feet Thence they arise
- Works and Days – Mythopedia
The Works and Days, composed by Hesiod around 700 BCE, is a didactic Greek epic It combines mythology, fable, advice, and a farmer’s calendar in order to sing the praises of hard work and honesty
- Eros – Mythopedia
Eros, loveliest of the Greek gods, was the personification of passion and procreation who emerged at the beginning of the cosmos He was often imagined as Aphrodite’s companion Later authors sometimes multiplied him into a collection of mischievous gods known as “Erotes ”
- Chaos – Mythopedia
Chaos was one of the primordial gods and, according to the common tradition, the very first being that came into existence Best translated as “Abyss” or “Chasm,” Chaos usually assumed the form of a great and indeterminate void
- Hecatoncheires – Mythopedia
Hesiod: The Theogony (seventh or sixth century BCE) is the most complete source for the mythology and genealogy of the Hecatoncheires Callimachus: In his fourth Hymn (third century BCE), Callimachus claims that Briareus lives beneath Mount Etna and causes earthquakes whenever he moves
- Typhoeus – Mythopedia
Typhoeus (or Typhon) was an enormous monster, often imagined with multiple fire-breathing dragon heads According to most traditions, Gaia bore him to be a challenger to Zeus, but the king of the Olympians ultimately defeated Typhoeus and imprisoned him beneath the earth
- Nemesis – Mythopedia
Nemesis, daughter of Nyx, was the divine personification of retribution Often imagined as a beautiful goddess wielding the scales and rod of justice, Nemesis was known widely as an avenger of hybris and injustice
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