Hesiod's TheogonyThis translation contains an introduction, commentary and interpretive essay and well as numerous notes and annotations to provide the history and background of the epic, and the mythological context in which it is placed. Hesiod's straightforward account of family conflict among the gods is the best and earliest evidence of what the ancient Greeks believed about the beginning of the world. Includes Hesiod's "Works and Days", lines 1-201, and material from the Library of Apollodorus. |
Contents
Hesiod and the Theogonic Tradition | 22 |
HESIODS THEOGONY | 29 |
The Psychology of the Succession Myth | 85 |
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Aigiochos ambrosia Aphrodite Apollo Apollodoros appears Artemis Astraios Athena Atlas battle birth Boiotia bore born called castration Chaos child Crete daughter of Okeanos Demeter divine earth Echidna Enuma Elish Erinyes Eros Eurynome evil famous father fire Gaia Gaia and Ouranos Geryoneus Giants goddess golden Greece Greek myth Hades Hekate Helikon Helios Hephaistos Hera Herakles Hermes Hesiod Hesperides holy Homer honor Hundred-Handed Hurrian Hyperion Iapetos Iliad immortal gods Keto killed king Koios Kronos Kumarbi Kyklopes Leto lightning Marduk marries Medousa Metis Minoan Mnemosyne Moirai monster mortal mother Muses Mycenean mythical Nereus nymphs Odyssey oedipal Okeanid Okeanos Olympian Olympos Ouranos Pandora parthenogenic Perses Phoibe Phorkys poem Pontos Poseidon primal Prometheus punishment race Rhea seems sexual sister song sons Storm-God story Styx succession myth swallow Tantalos Tartaros Tethys Thaumas Themis Theogony Thetis Tiamat Titans Tityos Typhoeus Ullikummi underworld West wife youngest Zeus