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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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 → Muses → Olympian gods → Titans → Typhoeus → Uranus → Zeus →
genre	didactic poetry → epic poetry →
includesMyth	Titanomachy → binding of Prometheus → birth of Aphrodite → creation of Pandora (alluded) → succession myth of Uranus, Cronus, and Zeus →
influenced	Hellenistic mythographers → Roman poets → later Greek poets →
language	Ancient Greek →
literaryForm	hexameter verse →
literaryPeriod	Archaic Greek literature →
metre	dactylic hexameter →
openingInvocation	Muses →
placeOfOrigin	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 (70)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Asia ("Hesiod’s Theogony") → Atlas → Atlas → Clymene ("Hesiod’s Theogony") → Coeus ("Theogony") → Crius ("Theogony") → Doris ("Theogony") → Echidna ("Theogony") → Erytheia ("Hesiod’s Theogony") → Gaia ("Theogony by Hesiod") → Hecate ("Theogony") → Hecatoncheires ("Theogony") → Helios ("Hesiod’s Theogony") → Hesperides ("Theogony") → Iapetus ("Theogony by Hesiod") → Iasion ("Theogony by Hesiod") → Meliae ("Theogony") → Menoetius ("Hesiod’s Theogony") → Oceanids ("Theogony") → Oceanus ("Theogony") → Pontus ("Theogony") → Tartarus → Titans ("Theogony") → Typhoeus ("TheogonyByHesiod") → the Muses →	mentionedIn
Cronus → Cyclopes ("Hesiod’s Theogony") → Demeter → Erebus ("Theogony by Hesiod") → Hades ("Hesiod’s Theogony") → Heracles ("Theogony") → Iapetids → Leto ("Theogony") → Nike ("Hesiod’s Theogony") → Nyx ("Theogony") → Prometheus ("Theogony by Hesiod") → Rhea ("Theogony by Hesiod") → Themis → Uranus ("Theogony") → Zeus →	appearsIn
Age of the Titans → Moirae → Ourea ("Theogony") → Titanomachy ("Theogony") → Titans → Typhonomachy ("Theogony") →	describedIn
Chaos → Circe → Pandora → Titanides →	sourceText
Chaos ("Theogony") → Hermes ("Theogony by Hesiod") → Telemachus ("Theogony scholia") →	appearsInWork
Apollodorus' Bibliotheca → Hesiodic Catalogue of Women ("Theogony") → Works and Days ("Theogony") →	relatedWork
Aphrodite → Ares →	featuredInWork
Metis ("Hesiod’s Theogony") →	appearsInSource
Ancient Greek religion ("Theogony of Hesiod") →	hasCosmogony
Works of Hesiod ("Theogony") →	hasPart
Ancient Greek religion ("Hesiod’s Theogony") →	hasSacredText
Epimetheus ("Hesiod’s "Theogony"") →	literarySource
Erebus ("Hesiodic Theogony") →	mythologicalTradition
Hesiod ("Theogony") →	notableWork
Echidna ("Hesiod’s Theogony") →	source
Hesiod ("Greek theogony") →	sourceFor
Works of Hesiod ("theogony") →	subject
Hephaestus ("Hesiod’s Theogony") →	textualSource
Asia ("Theogony") →	workMentionedIn