Auferre trucidare rapere falsis nominibus imperium atque ubi solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant. Calgacus apud Tacitum, Agricolæ 30 Sapientia jubet augere opes, amplificare divitias, proferre fines —unde enim esset illa laus in summorum imperatorum incisa monumentis FINIS IMPERII PROPAGAVIT, nisi aliquid de alieno accessisset? Philus apud Ciceronem, De Republica 3.24 What is a cosmogony? A theogony? What is the oldest force in the universe? From where do monsters come? From where does Zeus come? Who rules after Zeus? Hesiod Theogony Works and Days Σαγχουνιάθων Φίλων Εὐσέβιος Sanchouniathōn Philo of Byblos Eusebius of Cæsarea before 1200 BC? AD 64–141 AD 260–340 τὸ Χάος Chaos ἡ Γαῖα (Γῆ) ὁ Τάρταρος Gæa (Gē) Tartarus Earth Underunderworld ὁ Ἔρως Erōs Love (Desire?) τὸ Χάος Chaos τὸ Ἔρεβος ἡ Νύξ Erebus Nyx Darkness Night ὁ Αἰθήρ ἡ Ἡμέρα Æthēr Hēmera Ether, Sky Day ἡ Γαῖα (Γῆ) Gæa ὁ Οὐρανός ὁ Πόντος Uranus Pontus Sky Sea Nut (Tamenill Papyrus) Geb Osiris (Book of the Dead of Henuttawy) Geb Gæa + Pontus ➛ monsters + sea gods Iris, Harpies Nereids (Sea Nymphs) Grææ, Gorgons Medusa Chrysaör, Pegasus Geryon, Echidna Orthrus, Cerberus, Hydra, Chimera, Sphinx Gæa + Uranus ➛ Cyclopes Brontes Steropes Arges Thunderer Flasher Brightener Gæa + Uranus ➛ Hecatonchires Cottus Briareus Gyes Gæa + Uranus ➛ Titans Oceanus Tethys Sea Hyperion Theia Sky Cœus Phœbe Intellect? Cronos Rhea Harvest? Crius Memnosyne Japetus Themis ὁ Ὑπερίων ἡ Θεία Hyperiōn Theia High One Divine ὁ Ἥλιος ἡ Σελήνη ἡ Ἠώς Hēlios Selēnē Ēōs Sun Moon Dawn Helios + Clymene (mortal) Hyperion + Theia Oceanus + Thethys ὁ Ἥλιος ἡ Κλύμενη queen of Helios Clymene Æthiopes Sun Famous ὁ Φαέθων Phaëthon ἡ Σελήνη ὁ Ἐνδυμίων Selene Endymion Moon Eternal Youth ἡ Ἠώς ὁ Τιθωνός Eos Tithonus Dawn Immortality ἡ Γαῖα (Γῆ) ὁ Οὐρανός Gæa Uranus Earth Sky ὁ Κρόνος ἡ Ῥέα Cronos Rhea ὁ Ζεύς, τοῦ Διός Ἥρα Zeus Hera Uranus’ Genitals Ἑρινύες/Ἐὐμενίδες Γίγαντες Erinyes/Eumenides Gigantes Furies/Kindly Ones Giants (Earth-Born) Ἀφροδίτη Aphrodite Ἀφροδίτη Aphrodite ἡ Γαῖα (Γῆ) ὁ Οὐρανός Gæa Uranus Earth Sky ὁ Κρόνος ἡ Ῥέα Cronos Rhea ὁ Ζεύς, τοῦ Διός Ἥρα Zeus Hera Peter Paul Rubens Francisco Goya ἡ Γαῖα (Γῆ) ὁ Οὐρανός Gæa Uranus Earth Sky ὁ Κρόνος ἡ Ῥέα Cronos Rhea ὁ Ζεύς, τοῦ Διός Ἥρα Zeus Hera Titanomachy Gods +Hecatonchires Titans +Cyclopes Mt. Olympus Mt. Othrys Titanomachy Prometheus and Themis Tartarus: Titans and Hecatonchires Atlas Gæa + Tartarus ➛ Typhoeus ἡ Γαῖα (Γῆ) ὁ Οὐρανός Gæa Uranus ὁ Κρόνος ἡ Ῥέα Cronos Rhea Μῆτις ὁ Ζεύς, τοῦ Διός Ἥρα Metis Zeus Hera ? Gigantomachy Orphic World-Egg Chronos Anance (time) (necessity) Æther Erebus Chaos (bright sky) (darkness) world egg Phanes (=Eros) “He who Appears” Nyx “Night” Gaia Uranus “Earth” “Sky” Gaia Uranus “Earth” “Sky” Rhea Cronos Demeter Zeus Persephone Zagreus Titans heart ash Dionysus.