1-115: Proem (cf 963)
1-21 invocation to
Helikonian Muses
22-35 encounter between
Muses and 'Hesiod'
36-115 description
of Muses and their song (cf 914)
116-122: 1st, spontaneous generation
of gods: Chaos, Gaia “Earth”, Eros “Procreative Urge”
123-145: Offspring
of Chaos & Gaia
123-5 Chaos:
Erebos “Darkness”, Nyx “Night; grandchildren: Aither “Air”, Hemere “Day”
126-32 Gaia: Ouranos
(Uranus) “Sky”, Oure “Mtns”, Nymphs, Pontos “Sea”
132-53 Gaia + Ouranos
: Titans (incl Kronos & Rhea), Kyklopes, Hekatoncheires “100-handers”
154-210: 1st succession: Ouranos =>
Kronos (Saturn) & Titans
156-66 Ouranos hides
offspring (Titans) in Gaia, she makes weapon asks children to attack him
167-82 Kronos castrates
Ouranos
183-226 Ouranos' blood
+ Gaia : Erinyes “Furies”, Gigantes, Nymphs; + sea Aphrodite (Venus)
211-32: descendants of Night (cf 123)
negative aspects of
human life
233-336: descendants of Pontos (cf 132)
233-6 children
of Pontos: Nereus, Thaumas, Phorkys, Keto, Eurybie
240-64 Nereus + Doris:
Nereids, incl. Thetis (244); Galateia (250); Amphitrite (254); Themisto
(261)
265-336 Thaumas + Elektre:
Iris, Harpies, storms; Phorkys + Keto: monsters
280-8: heroic deeds
of Perseus
337-411: grandchildren of Ouranos
337-70 Okeanos + Tethys:
rivers; Okeanids incl Peitho (WD 73), Doris, Dione (cf 12), Metis, Kalypso,
Styx
371-88 Theia + Hyperion:
Helios “Sun”, Selene “Moon”, Eos “Dawn”
375-88 Kreios + Eurybie:
Astraios, Pallas; Perse
378-82 Astraios + Eos:
winds: Zephyros, Boreas, Notos; Eosphoros
382-403 by Pallas &
Styx: Zelos “Zeal”, Nike “Victory”; Kratos “Power”, Bie “Force”
404-52 Phoibe + Koios:
Leto (cf 918), Asteria, Hekate
453-506: 2nd succession: Kronos => Zeus
& Olympian gods
453-8 Kronos
+ Rhea: Hestie (Vesta), Demeter (Ceres), Here (Juno), Hades (Pluto, Dis),
Poseidon (Neptune), Zeus (Jupiter, Jove)
459-506 deceit and
overthrow of Kronos by Zeus
507-616: Zeus vs. Prometheus
571-613 Pandora (WD
60-89; not named in Th))
617-719: Zeus vs. Titans, “Titanomachy”
cf 390-392, 881-885
720-819: Tartaros and its inhabitants
767-806: Hades &
Persephone (Proserpina); Kerberos; Styx
820-85: Zeus vs. Typhoeus (youngest
offspring of Gaia + Tartaros)
doublet of Titanomachy
886-929: Zeus' children by goddesses
(cf 938-44)
886-900 +Metis “Mind”,
pregnant with Athene (cf 924)
901-6 + Themis “Right”:
aspects of good government; Moirai “Fates” (Klotho, Laches, Atropos)
907-11: + Eurynome
(daughter of Okeanos): Charites “Graces”
912f + Demeter:
Persephone, given by Zeus to Hades (cf 767)
914-7 + Mnemosyne
: 9 Muses
918-20 + Leto: Apollo,
Artemis
921-3 + Here
(Juno): Hebe, Ares (Mars), Eileithyia
924-9 parthenogenic
birth of Athene (Minerva); Here's parthenogenic birth of Hephaistos (Vulcan)
930-62: matings & offspring of other
gods
930-3 Poseidon
+ Amphitrite: Triton
933-7 Aphrodite
+ Ares: Phobos “Fear”, Deimos “Terror”; Harmonia “Union” (cf 975)
938-9 Zeus +
Maia: Hermes (Mercury)
940-2 Zeus +
Semele + Zeus (not named): Dionysos (Bacchus, Liber)
943-4 Zeus +
Alkmene + Zeus: Herakles (Hercules)
945-6 Hephaistos
+ Agalaia (a Grace)
947-9 Dionysos
+ Ariadne
950-5 Herakles
+ Hebe
956-7 Perseis
(d. of Okeanos) + Helios: Kirke (Circe), Aietes
958-62 Aietes + Idyia
(d. of Okeanos): Medea
963-968: 2nd proem: farewell to Olympians
gateway to catalog
969-1018: unions of immortals + mortals
969-74 Demeter + Iasion
(in Crete): Ploutos “Wealth”
975-8 Kadmos
+ Harmonia: Ino, Semele, Agave, Autonoe; Autonoe + Aristaios, Polydoros
979-83 Kallirhoe +
Chrysaor: Geryones (killed by Herakles)
984-91 Eos + Tithonos:
Memnon; Eos + Kephalos: Phaethon
992-1002 Aison
+ Medea: Medeios (reared by Cheiron)
1003-7 daughters of
Nereus: Psamathe + Aiakos: Phokos; Thetis + Peleus: Achilles
1008-10 Aphrodite +
Anchises: Aineias
1011-8 children of
Odysseus
+ Kirke: Agrios, Latinos, Telegonos (rule Tyrsenoi = Etruscans or Thracians)
+ Kalypso: Nausithoos, Nausinoos
1019-22: sign-off
Olympian Muses (cp.
1)