Home · Library · TheogonyReading this edition Hesiod’s Theogony traces generations of divine beings and the struggles through which power is established. Keep the succession of names and relationships in view when reading a short extract.
What to read for Divine genealogies, beginnings, and the relationships among gods in this poem.
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Contents
Invocation of the Muses The Muses and the Poet The Creation: Chaos, Earth, and Eros The Cyclopes and the Hundred-Handed The Castration of Ouranos — And the Birth of Aphrodite The Children of Night and Strife The Sea Deities: Nereus and the Nereids Rivers, Oceanids, and the Sun Family Styx and the Oath of the Gods Hecate — The Great Goddess The Birth of Zeus — And the Fall of Kronos Prometheus and the Theft of Fire The Titanomachy — War of the Titans Tartarus — The Depths Below the Earth Typhoeus The Divine Marriages of Zeus — And the Generations of Gods The Goddesses Who Bore Children to Mortal Men Begin reading — Invocation of the Muses
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