Fourteenth-century Greek manuscript of Hesiod's Theogony with scholia written in the margins
Original title
Θεογονία
Written
8th century BC
Language
Ancient Greek
Subject(s)
Greek mythology, Ancient Greek religion
Genre(s)
Epic, Didactic[1]
Lines
1022
The Theogony (Greek: Θεογονία, Theogonía,[2] i.e. "the genealogy or birth of the gods"[3]) is a poem by Hesiod (8th–7th century BC) describing the origins and genealogies of the Greek gods, composed c. 730–700 BC.[4] It is written in the Epic dialect of Ancient Greek and contains 1022 lines. It is one of the most important sources for the understanding of early Greek cosmology.
^"Hesiod | Greek poet". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
^Attic Greek:[tʰeoɡoníaː]
^θεογονία. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project
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