1. Hesiod - Theogony

2.   The Theogony is an account of the evolution of the Geek gods  Theogony revolves around the concepts of cosmogony: the origins of the world and gods.  Theogony means “birth of the Gods”  It clarifies the positions of all Gods, Godesseses, demi-gods, demons, humans and heroes in Greek mythology.  It is organized as a narrative that tells how they came to be and how they established control. Theogony

5.   In Hesiod’s Theogony, the origin of all the gods is traced to an original primal marriage of Uranus (Heaven) and Gaia (Earth): “Great Uranos came, bringing on Night, and desirous of love, he spread himself over Gaia, stretched out in every direction”  From this union, Gaia bore the first generation of gods and giants, including Cronus.  Gaia also gave birth to the mountains and the sea. 1 st generation of gods

6.   Cronus castrated his father with a sickle from Gaia. The blood from Uranus splattered onto the earth producing the second generation of gods.  The third generation of gods were the children of Cronus and his sister Rhea, which included Zeus and his siblings. 2 nd and 3 rd generation of gods

7.   Cronus swallowed each of his children due to a prophecy that one would overthrow him.  Zeus escapes while Gaia tricks Cronus into regurgitating his siblings.  Together with Zeus they wage war on Cronus and Zeus takes his place as the ruler and father of the Gods. Zeus overthrows Cronus

8.  The howling winds bought on dust storm and earthquake, and the shafts of Zeus, Lightning and thunder and the blazing bolt, and carried shouting and the battle-cry into the armies, and a dreadful noise of hideous battle sounded. Example

12.  Historical judgement  Hesiod’s Theogony reaffirms what we see in vase paintings and have read in Homer and serves as a basis of Greek religion.  Shows us that the Gods like us, wage war and are very much human in nature.  Gives the Greeks an answer to how the world, humankind and the gods came to be through a series of crude and violent events.