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1022. The Theogony (Greek: Θεογονία, Theogonía, [2] i.e. "the genealogy or birth of the gods " [3]) is a poem by Hesiod (8th–7th century BC) describing the origins and genealogies of the Greek gods, composed c. 730–700 BC. [4] It is written in the Epic dialect of Ancient Greek and contains 1022 lines.
In Greek mythology, the Titans (Ancient Greek: οἱ Τῑτᾶνες, hoi Tītânes, singular: ὁ Τῑτᾱ́ν, -ήν, ho Tītân) were the pre-Olympian gods. [1] According to the Theogony of Hesiod, they were the twelve children of the primordial parents Uranus (Sky) and Gaia (Earth), with six male Titans— Oceanus, Coeus, Crius, Hyperion ...
Hesiod's Theogony, (c. 700 BCE) which could be considered the "standard" creation myth of Greek mythology, [1] tells the story of the genesis of the gods. After invoking the Muses (II.1–116), Hesiod says the world began with the spontaneous generation of four beings: first arose Chaos (Chasm); then came Gaia (the Earth), "the ever-sure foundation of all"; "dim" Tartarus (the Underworld), in ...
Family tree of the Greek gods. The following is a family tree of gods, goddesses, and other divine and semi-divine figures from Ancient Greek mythology and Ancient Greek religion. Key: The names of the generally accepted Olympians [11] are given in bold font. Key: The names of the twelve first-generation Titans have a green background.
The Titans were then imprisoned in Tartarus with the Hundred-Handers as their guards. [25] The lost epic poem the Titanomachy (see below), although probably written after Hesiod's Theogony, [26] perhaps preserved an older tradition in which the Hundred-Handers fought on the side of the Titans, rather than the Olympians. [27]
The name "Gigantes" is usually taken to imply "earth-born", [6] and Hesiod's Theogony makes this explicit by having the Giants be the offspring of Gaia (Earth). According to Hesiod, Gaia, mating with Uranus, bore many children: the first generation of Titans, the Cyclopes, and the Hundred-Handers. [7]
Mnemosyne. In Greek mythology and ancient Greek religion, Mnemosyne (/ nɪˈmɒzɪniː, nɪˈmɒsɪniː /; Ancient Greek: Μνημοσύνη, pronounced [mnɛːmosýːnɛː]) is the goddess of memory and the mother of the nine Muses by her nephew Zeus. In the Greek tradition, Mnemosyne is one of the Titans, the twelve divine children of the ...
In an ancient myth recorded by Hesiod's Theogony, Cronus envied the power of his father, Uranus, the ruler of the universe.Uranus drew the enmity of Cronus's mother, Gaia, when he hid the gigantic youngest children of Gaia, the hundred-handed Hecatoncheires and one-eyed Cyclopes, in Tartarus, so that they would not see the light.