Hesiod Theogony Hesiod is a great epic poet of
ancient Greece known as the one who lived two youths. Theogony was a sacred religious book. According to Hesiod the material for this book derived from the translation of dateless text written in the language that the ancient Greeks called ancient, by the Muses in the Valley of the Muses, the place where ancient rites were performed to honor the Immortal Ones. He was blessed by the Muses with the gift of
poetry which he honored by his books. Pindaros wrote about Hesiod: Hail Hesiod that you were a pubescent twice and died twice, you who held the wisdom of the human measure. This book refers to the
age of the Chaos, followed by the separation of the sky from the earth, the birth of the Gods, their conflicts for dominance, the assigning of their offices, the heroes with the original interpretation of this attribute, and an account for the future of humankind that is living the
fourth and final life circle. There are 1022
verses separated into five subdivisions: 1) Preface verse 1-115 is separated into two subdivisions the plea verses 1-34 and the hymn to the Muses verses 35-115. 2) Cosmogony / Theogony verses 116-616 3) The wars of the Titans verses 617-885 4) Theogony continued 886-964 and 5) The birth of heroes 965-1020. Hesiod has an opposite view of the evolution. According to him the first
period of existence (the golden age) is the very best, but due to human incompetence the second period of existence came (the silver age) which was followed by the third period (the copper age) reaching finally the last and fourth age where we are living now (the iron age).
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