Teogonia

One cannot compare Hesiod’s ‘Theogony’ with Homer’s ‘Illiad’ or Ovid’s ‘Metamorphoses’ for that matter. Hesiod’s poem does not have the wit and irony of Ovid’s work nor the intriguing plot of an ‘Illiad’ or an ‘Odysseus’. It describes how the Greek universe with its gods came into existence and how Leggi tutto

El inicio de todo. Hermoso.

The Greek Genesis 26 October 2012 There seems to be a debate as to the usefulness of this little text and I would pretty much fall into the category of not much. The reason that I say that is because if this book was lost then we would lose very little of our understanding of Greek Mythology. Everyth Leggi tutto

Hesiod's epic catalogue of Greek mythological figures. This is not an emotionally involving narrative like the Homeric epics, rather a long genealogy that goes off on tangents of some of the very early myths, most of which concern the Titanomachy and Gigantomachy. Hesiod's language is so arcane it c Leggi tutto

Espécie de Gênesis grega, descreve a criação e nascimento dos Deuses. Até a página 86 (de 121) temos as explicações e por fim o poema em si. Para entender mais a fundo a mitologia grega. Belo.

When you really want to start at the beginning You read Theogony. Wonderful poetry by Hesiod. And it reminded me so much of some biblical texts as well as The Iliad and The Odyssey. It's more than a poem. It's a powerful connection with our forefathers who wrote this outstanding piece of cultural ri Leggi tutto

Es una de las obras maestras de la mitología porque es la madre de todas las historias sin embargo el estilo de Hesíodo dista de ser muy entretenido o llevadero. Es un buen recuento de las leyendas originarias y lamentablemente su poca extensión no hace que tenga mayor protagonismo.

El hombre siembra a los dioses en el lenguaje. El hombre encuentra a las diosas en la palabra. El hombre teje la historia de las genealogías inmortales a través de la palabra que siembra, que encuentra. El hombre se inscribe en la línea de los dioses que crean su mundo. El hombre se roba el fuego en las Leggi tutto