Hesiod's Theogony

Also assigned for homework was to read Hesiod's Theogony. I reflected on this read below:

Delving into Hesiod’s Theogony,  I found that this is a cosmogony,  as stated in the text itself.  prior to this I have never heard of a cosmogony.  this meant that the physical universe was itself made up of gods and Hesiod’s poem describes how the universe came into existence.

The poem started out with chaos the space in which creation takes place. Then Gaia (Earth),  is formed along with Tartaros which played the role as the underworld.  Gaia then produced Ouranos which was the sky then the mountains and the sea. Therefore 110 trace the development of the physical features of the universe by the success of gods that came into being.  it is different for the Greeks however who is universe isn't just filled with places but with unseen forces and different ideas. The audience learns the creation of everything between day and night to truth and pain.

Interestingly enough the main figure of the Theogony is Zeus and this whole poem could be read as a collective biography of the greatness of this God. Although the world is created prior to this is birth Zeus is the one to put the stamp of the final impression on to the world that the Greeks knew and was also able to destroy and keep off all those who threaten his authority in order to show this eternal rule.