Hesiod: Theogony Name:______
Theogony is a primary text—that means many of the myths we study today come directly from this text. It’s important to learn how to read primary texts and understand what they offer us. For this worksheet, you will need to work through the book answering questions as you go. The questions are in order as they appear in the text. You may work with a partner or in a group if you like.
1. Define theogony.
2. What is Helicon and where is it?
3. Who is the Muses’ mother and father and who hangs out with them?
4. List the names of the muses and identify what they are CURRENTLY associated with:
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The birth of the gods and the world:
5. Concerning the creation of the world, what were the first four entities mentioned
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6. What came from Chasm?
7. What came from Night and Erebos?
8. What is Earth’s first child?
9. List Earth’s babies not of a union of love:
10. List the babies she had with Heaven (Titians)
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11. What does Cyclopes mean?
12. Who castrates Heaven?
13. What comes from the blood as it lands on the land? (8)
14. What comes from the genitals as they land on the sea? (8-9)
15. List the children of night: • ______
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16. Who is the child of the Sea and what is he called?
17. Who are the parents of the nereids?
18. Phorcys and Ceto have some interesting children. Who are the “Old Women”?
19. Name the Gorgons and which one is mortal? • ______
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20. What is the name of Ceto’s daughter and what does she look like?
21. Echidna gets together with what monster?
22. Who are the parents of all the rivers?
23. Tethys and Oceanus also had other children. Who are they?
24. Who are the parents of the Sun, Moon and Dawn?
25. Who is the mother of the winds?
26. Who are the children of Styx and with whom do they hang? • ______
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27. What goddess is honored by Zeus above all others?
28. List Rhea and Kronos’ children
29. Why did Kronos swallow his children?
30. Where is the stone that Kronos thought was Zeus?
31. Who are Kronos’ brothers that Zeus set free? (not the other gods)
32. Who are the four children of Iapetos and the “trim-akled” Oceanid Clymene?
33. Who stole fire from the gods and gave it to man?
34. What punishment did Zeus design for man?
35. Who is the “Ambidexter”?
36. When a god swears on the river Styx and breaks his/her oath, what happens?
37. Who is Zeus’ first wife, who is her child, and where does she “currently” live?
38. Who is Zeus’ second wife and who are her children?
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39. Who is the last mate mentioned and who are her children?