Theogony & Works and Days
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Ancient Greek mythological poetry

Theogony and Works and Days

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Two foundational Greek poems presenting origin myths and didactic wisdom. Theogony describes genealogy of gods: Chaos, Titans, Olympians, and the reign of Zeus. Works and Days provides wisdom literature and moral instruction emphasizing honest work, justice, and living in harmony with nature and seasons. Combined works offer complete picture of Greek mythological cosmology and ethical philosophy. Among oldest surviving Greek literary works.

Also known asTheogony · Works and Days · Hesiodic poems
This edition1914
EditionH.G. Evelyn-White translation, Loeb Classical Library, 1914
Classical mythologyComparative MythologyGreek MythologyWestern / ClassicalCreation MythsTitanomachyAncient Greek / HellenisticClassical heroesritual documentationDivine genealogyCreation mythHesiodic TheologyGreek CosmogonyCosmogonyGenealogy of the Gods

Contents93 chapters

  1. 01Hesiod, The Homeric Hymns, and Homerica
  2. 02Contents
  3. 03PREPARER’S NOTE
  4. 04PREFACE
  5. 05INTRODUCTION
  6. 06General
  7. 07The Boeotian School
  8. 08Life of Hesiod
  9. 09The Hesiodic Poems
  10. 10I. “The Works and Days”
  11. 11II. The Genealogical Poems
  12. 12Date of the Hesiodic Poems
  13. 13Literary Value of Homer
  14. 14The Ionic School
  15. 15The Trojan Cycle
  16. 16The Homeric Hymns
  17. 17The Epigrams of Homer
  18. 18The Burlesque Poems
  19. 19The Contest of Homer and Hesiod
  20. 20BIBLIOGRAPHY
  21. 21HESIOD
  22. 22HESIOD’S WORKS AND DAYS
  23. 23THE DIVINATION BY BIRDS
  24. 24THE ASTRONOMY
  25. 25THE PRECEPTS OF CHIRON
  26. 26THE GREAT WORKS
  27. 27THE IDAEAN DACTYLS
  28. 28THE THEOGONY
  29. 29THE CATALOGUES OF WOMEN AND EOIAE1701
  30. 30THE SHIELD OF HERACLES
  31. 31THE MARRIAGE OF CEYX
  32. 32THE GREAT EOIAE
  33. 33THE MELAMPODIA
  34. 34AEGIMIUS
  35. 35FRAGMENTS OF UNKNOWN POSITION
  36. 36DOUBTFUL FRAGMENTS
  37. 37THE HOMERIC HYMNS
  38. 38I. TO DIONYSUS 2501
  39. 39II. TO DEMETER
  40. 40III. TO DELIAN APOLLO
  41. 41IV. TO HERMES
  42. 42V. TO APHRODITE
  43. 43VI. TO APHRODITE
  44. 44VII. TO DIONYSUS
  45. 45VIII. TO ARES
  46. 46IX. TO ARTEMIS
  47. 47X. TO APHRODITE
  48. 48XI. TO ATHENA
  49. 49XII. TO HERA
  50. 50XIII. TO DEMETER
  51. 51XIV. TO THE MOTHER OF THE GODS
  52. 52XV. TO HERACLES THE LION-HEARTED
  53. 53XVI. TO ASCLEPIUS
  54. 54XVII. TO THE DIOSCURI
  55. 55XVIII. TO HERMES
  56. 56XIX. TO PAN
  57. 57XX. TO HEPHAESTUS
  58. 58XXI. TO APOLLO
  59. 59XXII. TO POSEIDON
  60. 60XXIII. TO THE SON OF CRONOS, MOST HIGH
  61. 61XXIV. TO HESTIA
  62. 62XXV. TO THE MUSES AND APOLLO
  63. 63XXVI. TO DIONYSUS
  64. 64XXVII. TO ARTEMIS
  65. 65XXVIII. TO ATHENA
  66. 66XXIX. TO HESTIA
  67. 67XXX. TO EARTH THE MOTHER OF ALL
  68. 68XXXI. TO HELIOS
  69. 69XXXII. TO SELENE
  70. 70XXXIII. TO THE DIOSCURI
  71. 71HOMER’S EPIGRAMS2601
  72. 72FRAGMENTS OF THE EPIC CYCLE
  73. 73THE WAR OF THE TITANS
  74. 74THE STORY OF OEDIPUS
  75. 75THE THEBAID
  76. 76THE EPIGONI
  77. 77THE CYPRIA
  78. 78THE AETHIOPIS
  79. 79THE LITTLE ILIAD
  80. 80THE SACK OF ILIUM
  81. 81THE RETURNS
  82. 82THE TELEGONY
  83. 83HOMERICA
  84. 84THE EXPEDITION OF AMPHIARAUS
  85. 85THE TAKING OF OECHALIA
  86. 86THE PHOCAIS
  87. 87THE MARGITES
  88. 88THE CERCOPES
  89. 89THE BATTLE OF FROGS AND MICE
  90. 90OF THE ORIGIN OF HOMER AND HESIOD, AND OF THEIR CONTEST
  91. 91ENDNOTES
  92. 92THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE
  93. 93"Cover"

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