Hesiod's Theogony

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ancient Greek poem didactic poem mythological text

Hesiod's Theogony is an ancient Greek didactic poem that systematically recounts the origins and genealogies of the gods, forming a foundational work of Greek mythology.

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All labels observed (15)

Label	Occurrences
Theogony	61
Hesiod's Theogony canonical	45
Hesiod’s Theogony	33
Theogony by Hesiod	13
Θεογονία του Ησιόδου	4
Hesiod's "Theogony"	3
Greek theogony	1
HesiodTheogony	1
Hesiodic Theogony	1
Hesiod’s "Theogony"	1
Hesiod’s “Theogony”	1
Theogony of Hesiod	1
Theogony scholia	1
TheogonyByHesiod	1
theogony	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek poem ⓘ didactic poem ⓘ mythological text ⓘ
associatedPlace	Boeotia ⓘ
author	Hesiod ⓘ
centralTheme	cosmogony ⓘ divine genealogy ⓘ theogony ⓘ
culturalSignificance	foundational source for Greek mythology ⓘ standardizes divine genealogies in Greek tradition ⓘ
dateOfComposition	8th–7th century BCE ⓘ
featuresCharacter	Chaos ⓘ Cronus ⓘ Gaia ⓘ Hecate ⓘ the Muses ⓘ surface form: Muses Olympian gods ⓘ Titans ⓘ Typhoeus ⓘ Uranus ⓘ Zeus ⓘ
genre	didactic poetry ⓘ epic poetry ⓘ
includesMyth	Titanomachy ⓘ Prometheus Bound ⓘ surface form: binding of Prometheus birth of Aphrodite ⓘ creation of Pandora (alluded) ⓘ succession myth of Uranus, Cronus, and Zeus ⓘ
influenced	Apollodorus' Bibliotheca ⓘ surface form: Hellenistic mythographers Roman poets ⓘ later Greek poets ⓘ
language	Ancient Greek ⓘ
literaryForm	hexameter verse ⓘ
literaryPeriod	Archaic Greek literature ⓘ
metre	dactylic hexameter ⓘ
openingInvocation	the Muses ⓘ surface form: Muses
placeOfOrigin	Greek Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Ancient Greece
preservation	medieval manuscript tradition ⓘ
relatedWork	Hesiod's Works and Days ⓘ Hesiodic Catalogue of Women ⓘ
scholarlyUse	primary source for early Greek religion ⓘ source for Indo-European mythological comparisons ⓘ
structure	narrative catalogue of gods and beings ⓘ
subject	establishment of Zeus's rule ⓘ genealogies of Greek deities ⓘ origins of the gods ⓘ
tradition	Greek mythology ⓘ
transmission	oral tradition before written form ⓘ

Referenced by (168)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Atlas from Greek mythology → mentionedIn → Hesiod's Theogony ⓘ

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Prometheus → appearsIn → Hesiod's Theogony ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theogony by Hesiod

Zeus → appearsIn → Hesiod's Theogony ⓘ

Titanomachy → describedIn → Hesiod's Theogony ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theogony

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Ancient Greek religion → hasCosmogony → Hesiod's Theogony ⓘ

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Clymene → mentionedIn → Hesiod's Theogony ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hesiod’s Theogony

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this entity surface form: Theogony

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this entity surface form: Theogony

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Moirae → describedIn → Hesiod's Theogony ⓘ

Titans of Greek mythology → describedIn → Hesiod's Theogony ⓘ

subject surface form: Titans