Library Hesiod

Hesiod

Theogony

c. 700 BC

Hesiod’s Theogony: the succession of the gods—the mythic pattern behind treating Saturn, Nimrod, and deified kings as one story.

Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White

English translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns and Homerica (Loeb Classical Library, 1914). Public domain. Digital text via Project Gutenberg.

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