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Wrote Theogony around 700 BC, worked on a small farm in Central Greece in Boeotia region.
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Hesiod
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Earliest literary evidence of the Greek Gods. Describes the origins and genealogies of the gods of the ancient Greeks, composed 700 BC. Translated to: origin of the gods.
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Theogony
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Translates to: origin of the universe
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Cosmogony
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According to Theogony what there "was" before the universe was formed.
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Chasm/Chaos
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The darkness of the Underworld, represents darkness, shadows of the world. Created after the Chasm.
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Erebus
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Located below Heaven, Earth. The underworld. Manifested after the Chasm.
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Tartarus
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The Earth, created after the Chasm.
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Gaea
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The Sky, married to Gaea.
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Ouranos
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Sacred wedding.
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Hieros gamos
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Youngest set of children of Gaea and Ouranos. One of the children, Kronos overtakes Ouranos.
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