EPITOME OF THE THEOGONY. 1-115. Introduction. 1-35. The Muses after dancing on Mount Helicon come by night to Hesiod and confer on him the gift of poetry with a staff of the bay-tree. 36-55. The office of the Muses in singing to the gods on Olympus. 56-74. The birth of the Muses in Pieria near Olympus, and their going thither to join the company of the gods. 75-97. Names of the Muses, their patronage of kings, and their power to impart eloquence. 98-103. The use of music in relieving care. 104-115. Invocation of the goddesses to aid the poet in his theme of the Theogony, suggested by themselves (v. 33). 116-132. Chaos and Earth, the first parents, and Eros.1 The offspring of Chaos, Darkness subterranean and celestial; the subsequent birth out of Night, of Day, Heaven, Mountains, and Sea. 133-146. The offspring of Earth and Sky; Oceanus, the Titans of both sexes, the Cyclopes, and Cronos. 147-153. Other sons of Earth and Sky (Uranus), the hundred-handed giants. 154-172. Uranus dislikes his own progeny, and keeps them within the Earth their mother. Her scheme in concert with Cronos her youngest child to avenge herself on Uranus. 173-184. Cronos mutilates his father Uranus. 185-195. The Giants and the Erinyes spring from the blood, and Aphrodite from the foam of the cast-away members. 196-206. Titles and attributes of the goddess of Love. 207-210. Uranus calls his sons Titans (avengers). 211-225. Offspring of Night without a father. 226-232. The children of Eris (strife); 233-239. Of Pontus and Earth. 240-264. Ocean Nymphs, daughters of Nereus and Doris, and their names. 265-269. Children of Thaumas and Electra, Iris and the Harpies. 1 Prof. Jebb ("Primer," p. 43) observes, "The Theogony falls into two chief parts. The first part tells how the visible order of Nature arose; the second tells how the gods were born." 270-286. Children of Phorcys and Latona, female monsters, the Graeae and the Gorgons, from whom Chrysaor and Pegasus sprang. 287-294. Geryon born from Chrysaor and Callirhoë the daughter of Ocean. 295-305. Earth brings forth Echidna, from whom by Typhoeus spring (306—332) the monsters Cerberus, Hydra, Geryon's dog Orthus, and Chimaera; and from Echidna by Orthus, the Sphinx. 333-336. The serpent born of Ceto and Phorcys to guard the golden apples. 337-345. Names of Rivers, the progeny of Tethys and Ocean. 346-370. Names of Nymphs born of the same parents. 371-374. Birth of Sun and Moon from the Titans Thea and Hyperion. 375-382. Children of the Titan Crius and Eurybia. The Winds born of Aurora and Astraeus; the stars and planets. 383-403. Kratos and Bia, attendants of Zeus, born of Styx and Oceanus. The prerogatives of Styx in binding the gods by oath. 404-452. Children of the Titans Coeus and Phoebe ; Latona, Asteria, Hecate. Prerogatives of Hecate in Heaven and on Earth. 453-458. The elder gods of the second dynasty, offspring of Cronus and Rhea; Vesta, Demeter, Hera, Hades, Poseidon, Zeus. 459-491. Device of Rhea to prevent Cronus from devouring his own progeny, by giving him a stone to swallow. The education of Zeus in Crete. 492-500. Cronus disgorges his offspring together with the stone. 501-506. Zeus sets at liberty the imprisoned Titans. 507-542. Offspring of Iapetus and Clymene; Atlas, Menoeteus, Prometheus, and Epimetheus; and the punishments respectively inflicted on them. 535-569. Story of Prometheus deceiving Zeus at a sacrifice, and stealing fire. 570-589. Zeus sends Pandora in retribution, who brings evils upon man. 590—612. Women born from Pandora; invective against the sex. 617-663. Zeus, by advice of Earth, calls in the aid of the Hundred-handed in the fight against the Titanic powers. 665-716. Description of the contest, and final victory of Zeus. 717-745. Zeus imprisons the Titans in Hades, and appoints the Hundred-handed giants their keepers. Description of Hades. 746-757. The station of Atlas in the far west. 758-766. Abode of Sleep and Death, children of Night. 767-774. Abode of Hades and Proserpine, guarded by Cerberus. 775-792. Abode of Styx, and her ministry in ratifying oaths. 793-806. Punishment of those gods who swear falsely by Styx. 807-819. Description of the infernal prison of the Titans. 820-868. Typhoeus, born of Earth and Tartarus, half human, half serpent, rebels against Zeus, and is blasted with his thunderbolts. 869-880. Progeny of Typhoeus, the violent and sudden gales. 881-885. The Jovian dynasty. Zeus is appointed sovereign by the rest of the gods, at the suggestion of Earth. 886-900. He marries Metis, and swallows her when about to give birth to Athena. 901-906. He next marries Themis; 907-911. Eurynome; 912-914. Demeter; 915-917. Mnemosyne; 918-920. Latona; 921-923. and lastly Hera. 924-926. Athena is born from the head of Zeus. 927-929. Hephaestus is born from Hera. 930-937. Offspring of Poseidon and Amphitrite, Ares and Aphrodite. 938-944. Hermes is born of Maia by Zeus, Dionysus of Semele, Hercules of Alcmena. 945-955. Marriages of Hephaestus, Dionysus, and Hercules. 956-962. Circe and Aeetes, children of the Sun. Medea the daughter of Aeetes. 963-1022. Catalogue of goddesses who have wedded with mortal men, and their offspring. 969-974. Plutus born from Demeter and Iasius. 975-978. Ino and her sisters from Harmonia and Cadmus. 984-991. Memnon from Aurora and Tithonus, and Phaethon from Aurora and Cephalus. 992-1002. Medeus the son of Medea and Jason. 1003-1007. Phocus the son of Psamathe and Aeacus. 1008–1018. Aeneas the son of Aphrodite and Anchises, and the heroes who became settlers in Italy. 1019-1022. Transition to a distinct poem, the Γυναικών Κατάλογος. It is to be observed, that the scholiast (who appears from his comment on v. 429 to have been a Christian) explains the whole of the Theogony according to the mystic or symbolic system of interpretation. Whatever may have been the origin of Myth among the Aryan nations, it is probable that Hesiod merely collected and combined the opinions about the gods which were current in his time, and which were, perhaps, for the most part, of very much greater antiquity. It is not indeed certain that Hesiod, or whoever was the author of the "Works and Days," was also the author of this poem. It is |