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How Zeus became King of the Gods
HYMN TO THE MUSES AND INVOCATION
1-35
The Muses inspired Hesiod to sing on Mt. Helikon
36-80
The nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne/Memory sing to Zeus on
Mt. Olympus
81-104
The Muses' gifts to mortals
105-115 Invocation of
the Olympian Muses
THE FIRST GODS, THE PRIMAL POWERS
116-125 Children of
Chaos/Abyss = Gaia/Earth, Tartaros, Eros/Desire
126-131 Children of
Gaia = Ouranos/Heaven
THE SECOND GENERATION, THE TITANS/STRAINERS
132-155 Gaia +
Ouranos = The Titans
156-210
Ouranos suppresses his children, Kronos castrates Ouranos
Ouranos = Aphrodite (Primal Power)
211-232
Children of Night (Primal Power)
233-336
Children & Grandchildren of Pontos/Sea (Primal Power)
337-455 Children &
Grandchildren of various Titans
(384-405)
The Children & Powers of Styx (Primal Power)
(413-455)
The Powers of Hekate
THE THIRD GENERATION, THE OLYMPIANS
456-462 Kronos +
Rheia = Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Hera, Demeter, Hestia
463-508
Kronos devours his children, The birth of Zeus and his
siblings
ZEUS DEFEATS HIS ENEMIES AND CONSOLIDATES HIS REIGN
509-522
Children
of Iapetos (Titan):
Prometheus/Forethinker
523-535
Prometheus is punished by Zeus' eagle
537-563
Prometheus tricks Zeus with unequal sacrifice
564-572
Zeus hides fire, Prometheus steals it
573-620
Zeus devises Woman, Epimetheus/Afterthinker takes her
621-825
Titanomachy: Zeus and his allies vs. Kronos and the Titans
621-689
Zeus frees the three Hundred-handers (Titans), who become his
allies
690-715
Zeus turns the tide of battle
715-740
The defeated Titans are imprisoned in Tartaros
741-825
Description of Tartaros
826-885
Zeus imprisons Typhoios, son of Earth and Tartaros
886-890
Zeus rewards his allies by delegating powers
THE CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN OF ZEUS' GENERATION
891-943 Gods +
Goddesses = Immortals
891-905
Zeus = Athena
Zeus avoids an heir by swallowing Metis/Thought
906-931
Zeus + Persephone = Demeter; Zeus + Leto = Apollo, Artemis
Zeus + Hera = Hebe, Eileithyia, Ares
932-943
Immortal children of various Olympians: Hera = Hephaistos
944-969 Gods +
Mortal Women = Immortals and Mortals
Zeus + nymph = Hermes, Zeus + mortals = Dionysos, Herakles
970-975
Farewell to the Olympians, Invocation of the Muses
976-1028
Goddesses + Mortal Men = Mortals
1029-1030
Transition to The Catalogue of Women (a lost poem) |