"Theogony of Hesiod" English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White

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From: Book · Hugh Gerard Evelyn-White · 1914

"Theogony of Hesiod" is an English translation of the Greek creation narrative of Hesiod by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. It was published in 1914 and includes 1,120 lines. It is highly readable for a layman audience.
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Source record No.pp. 78-83MediumPrintImage date1914CreatorHugh G. Evelyn-WhiteSource notesHesiod, HHHH, 78-83.
Source record No.pp. 84-89MediumPrintImage date1914CreatorHugh G. Evelyn-WhiteSource notesHesiod, HHHH, 84-89.
Source record No.pp. 90-95MediumPrintImage date1914CreatorHugh G. Evelyn-WhiteSource notesHesiod, HHHH, 90-95.
Source record No.pp. 96-101MediumPrintImage date1914CreatorHugh G. Evelyn-WhiteSource notesHesiod, HHHH, 96-101.
Source record No.pp. 102-107MediumPrintImage date1914CreatorHugh G. Evelyn-WhiteSource notesHesiod, HHHH, 102-107.
Source record No.pp. 108-113MediumPrintImage date1914CreatorHugh G. Evelyn-WhiteSource notesHesiod, HHHH, 108-113.
Source record No.pp. 114-119MediumPrintImage date1914CreatorHugh G. Evelyn-WhiteSource notesHesiod, HHHH, 114-119.
Source record No.pp. 120-125MediumPrintImage date1914CreatorHugh G. Evelyn-WhiteSource notesHesiod, HHHH, 120-125.
Source record No.pp. 126-131MediumPrintImage date1914CreatorHugh G. Evelyn-WhiteSource notesHesiod, HHHH, 126-131.
Source record No.pp. 132-137MediumPrintImage date1914CreatorHugh G. Evelyn-WhiteSource notesHesiod, HHHH, 132-137.
Source record No.pp. 138-143MediumPrintImage date1914CreatorHugh G. Evelyn-WhiteSource notesHesiod, HHHH, 138-143.
Source record No.pp. 144-149MediumPrintImage date1914CreatorHugh G. Evelyn-WhiteSource notesHesiod, HHHH, 144-149.
Source record No.pp. 150-155MediumPrintImage date1914CreatorHugh G. Evelyn-WhiteSource notesHesiod, HHHH, 150-155.
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Background

"Theogony of Hesiod" is an English translation of Hesiod's Theogony creation myth by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, first published in 1914. The myth is included in Evelyn-White's book, titled Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica, on pages 78-155. The book includes the ancient Greek and English versions of the myth in parallel view, split by page, along with some brief commentary. The translation is 1,120 lines long (total) and does not include section titles or summaries.

For being written in 1914, Evelyn-White's version of Theogony is extremely readable and easy to understand. It is available on Tufts University's Perseus Digital Library project.

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MLA Modern Language Association (8th ed.)

OMNIKA Foundation Contributors. ""Theogony of Hesiod": English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White." OMNIKA – World Mythology Index, OMNIKA Foundation, 07 Aug. 2019, omnika.org/stable/248. Accessed 4 Dec. 2024.

APA American Psychological Association (6th ed.)

OMNIKA (2019, August 07). "Theogony of Hesiod": English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Retrieved from https://omnika.org/stable/248

CMS Chicago Manual of Style (16th ed.)

OMNIKA Foundation Contributors. ""Theogony of Hesiod": English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created August 07, 2019. Accessed December 4, 2024. https://omnika.org/stable/248.

Bibliography

Hesiod. The Homeric Hymns. And, Homerica. Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. London, England: William Heinemann Ltd., 1914.
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Hesiod's Theogony Creation myth Myth icon
Ancient Greek Belief system
Zeus Main deity

The world was created by the first deities out of a void where nothing existed. The oldest deities were Chasm (chaos), Gaia (Earth), Tartarus, and Eros (desire). These deities gave birth to the other Greek figures in a genealogical succession. Much of the rest of creation came from bodily fluids, like semen or blood.