Hesiod And The Ascent Of Zeus
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The Theogony, attributed to the Greek poet, Hesiod, is a description of the creation of the world and Zeus's rise to power through the succession of fathers to sons. It starts with Ouranos and ends when Zeus prevents the succession from continuing to his own son.
The very first being is Chaos. Next is Gaia, the earth. She is "the ever ....
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.... the three Erinyes or furies, the giants, and the Melian nymphs. Then "foam" (Theog. 191) rising from the sea out of the genitals, forms Aphrodite, goddess of love. After these events, Ouranos called his children the Titans. Hesiod explains this as being derived from titainontes, or straining, and tisis, the vengeance "destined to follow" (Theog. 210).
Gaia also had children with her other son, Pontos. Their names are Nereus, Thaumas, Phor ....
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Number of words: 1338
Number of pages: 5 (approx. 250 words per double-spaced page)
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