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A fiery place: When Thypon, a monsterous giant attempted to overthrow Zeus for the supremacy of the cosmos, the chief of the greek gods buried him beneath the fires of the volcano Etna. The battle is described in Hesiod's "Theogony". #MythologyMonday #mythology #folklore
Echidna is called the Mother of Monsters in Greek #mythology Hesiod described her as half beauty and half serpent beast, huge, brightly colored and voracious. Echidna gave birth to Cerberus and the Hydra, the Chimera and the Sphinx.
#aMythForSunday #folklore #myths
#PaleSister by #ColmTóibín is just the latest of Irish titles inspired by #ClassicalGreece from @TheGalleryPress #MarinaCarr #Euripides #Aeschylus #PeterFallon #Hesiod #DerekMahon #Sophocles #PaulMuldoon #Aristophanes #BrianFriel and more besides!
"The genealogy or birth of the Gods" also known as "Theogony" is a narrative poem of the writer Hesiod. It's a synthesis of religious traditions and one of the oldest sources of greek #mythology and cosmogony. #folklore
More Titans! The Titan sons of Gaea & Uranus according to the Hesiod Theogony!
Theban #king #Oedipus, or 'swollen foot' appears in many #ancient works including #Euripides, #Sophocles, #Aeschylus, #Pindar, #Hesiod, & #Homer.
Oedipus, Svetlin Vassilev, pubblished in the book Greek Mythology, 2006.