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Hesiod on the Birth of the Gods

by Joshua J. Mark
published on 18 January 2012
The Greek poet Hesiod (c. 700 BCE) is most famous for his works Theogony and Works and Days. In this passage from Theogony, Hesiod relates the birth of the gods from cosmic Chaos and follows the lineage through the great Zeus, King of the Olympian gods, worshipped by Hesiod’s contemporaries: (ll. 1-25) From the Heliconian Muses let us begin... [continue reading]
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  • c. 800 BCE - c. 700 BCE
    Homer of Greece writes his Iliad and Odyssey.
  • c. 700 BCE
    Greek poet Hesiod writes his Theogony and Works and Days.
  • c. 415 BCE
    The Histories of Herodotus is published. The work is divided into nine chapters, each dedicated to one of the Muses.
  • 371 BCE
    Composition of Xenophon's memorabilia.
  • 370 BCE
    Composition of Xenophon's Anabasis.
  • c. 350 BCE
    Aristoxenos writes his theory of music treatise 'Harmonic Elements'.