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Further references to Chaos are scattered throughout Greek literature, and can be found for instance in the parodic cosmogony of the comedy Birds by Aristophanes (ca. 450–ca. 385 BCE). The concept of “chaos” was reinterpreted by philosophers such as Plato (ca. 429–ca. 347 BCE) and Aristotle (384–322 BCE).
Nyx, daughter of Chaos and personification of the night, was among the first Greek gods of the cosmos. She bore numerous children, both with her brother-consort Erebus as well as on her own, representing various personifications and abstractions.
The Greek primordial gods were the first beings to populate the cosmos and gave birth to all the subsequent gods, creatures, and mortals of Greek mythology. Two of these primordial gods, Gaia and Uranus, were the parents of the Titans and the grandparents of the Olympians.
Greek. Hesiod: Erebus’ origins and mythology are outlined in Hesiod’s Theogony (seventh century BCE). Aristophanes: A parodic (or semi-parodic) cosmogony in the comedy Birds (414 BCE) makes Erebus one of the first beings of the cosmos rather than a son of Chaos.
In any case, parallels between these early Eastern works and Hesiod’s Theogony certainly have important implications for the development of Greek mythology. Synopsis. In just over 1,000 verses, the Theogony records the origins and genealogies of the Greek gods, from the first primordial deities to the Olympians. Interlaced with this ...
Aether is a genealogical and elemental member in Greek cosmogony; he has no personal mythology. According to Hesiod, Aether and his sister Hemera were directly descended from Chaos, the very first being in the cosmos, emerging from the union of Chaos’ children Erebus (“Darkness”) and Nyx (“Night”).
Set, Egyptian god of chaos and disorder, was a source of tremendous antagonism in Egyptian mythology. After being killed by Anubis, he became a force for good in the afterlife, defending the sun from the monster Apophis.
Tartarus continues to feature in modern adaptations of Greek mythology, including Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson and the Olympians novels and the TV series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. It tends to be represented as a typical hellish landscape, complete with “fire and brimstone” and damned sinners groaning beneath the burden of eternal ...
Shapiro, Harvey A. “Eris.” In Personifications in Greek Art: The Representation of Abstract Concepts, 600–400 BC, 51–61. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1993. Smith, William. “Eris.” In A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Spottiswoode and Company, 1873. Perseus Digital Library. Accessed June 29 ...
Atlas had a large family with connections across Greek mythology. According to the best-known tradition, he was the son of the Titan Iapetus and the Oceanid Clymene, [4] though there was another version in which his mother was Asia (also an Oceanid). [5]