Cosmos: Universe
Theogony: Origin of the gods
Cosmogony: Origin of the universe
Cosmology: the nature and purpose of the universe
Gaia: Earth
Chaos: Void
Tartarus: Abyss
Chaos and Gaia can give birth independent of a mate
Hesiod lived around 750 BCE
Father was Ionian Sea Trader who migrated to mainland Greece
Hesiod lived in poverty
Had to work very hard to keep his farm
Brother Perses was dishonest and greedy. Bribed magistrates to give himself the largest part of the estate. Hesiod was robbed of his rightful livelihood.
Theogony
Themes: Intergenerational conflict among the gods. Conflict permeates every level of the cosmos.
Ø History of the universe from beginning to Hesiod’s time.