Episode 170: Chaos

(Intro & piano music)There is an ancient Greek epic poem called Theogony composed by Hesiodus in 7th century BC, about how the gods came to be. After his invocation to the muses, which was common practice in the epic poetry of the time, the poet writes: In the beginning there was only Χάος but then Γαία came into being with her broad chest, the ever firm foundation of all; and Τάρταρος, dim in the underground depths; and Ερως, loveliest of all the immortals who makes their bodies (as well as human bodies) go limp, mastering their minds and subduing their wills. This is just the beginning of course, the poem is written in 1022 hexameter verses. It was first translated in English in 1914 by Hugh G. Evelyn-White and it was plainly translated so everyone could read it. Γαία (Gaia) is the Earth, Ερως (Eros) is Love, Τάρταρος (Tartaros) is the centre, the core of the Earth and the ever expanding void that engulfs everything and nothing is the beginning of all ΧΑΟΣ/CHAOSInstagram @yourgreeksunday ,Blue Sky @yourgreeksunday.bsky.socialemail [email protected]

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