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Epic, Didactic [1] Lines. 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 also adds more information to Theogony ' s story of the first woman, a maiden crafted from earth and water by Hephaestus now explicitly called Pandora ("all gifts") . Zeus in this case gets the help of Athena, Aphrodite, Hermes, the Graces and the Hours . After Prometheus steals the fire, Zeus sends Pandora in retaliation.
In Hesiod's Theogony, Astraeus and Eos produce the winds—namely Zephyrus, Boreas, and Notus—as well as Eosphorus and the stars. [5] A few sources mention another daughter, Astraea, the goddess of innocence and, occasionally, justice. [6] He is also sometimes associated with Aeolus, the Keeper of the Winds, since winds often increase around ...
Hyperion is one of the twelve or thirteen Titans, the children of Gaia and Uranus. In the Theogony, Uranus imprisoned all the children that Gaia bore him, before he was overthrown. [10] According to Apollodorus, Uranus only imprisoned the Hecatoncheires and the Cyclopes but not the Titans, until Gaia persuaded her six Titan sons to overthrow ...
Hesiod's Theogony tells how, after Chaos, "wide-bosomed" Gaia (Earth) arose to be the everlasting seat of the immortals who possess Olympus above. [33] And after Gaia came "dim Tartarus in the depth of the wide-pathed Earth", and next Eros the god of love. [ 34 ]
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]
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 ...