Home›Sources›TheogonySourcesTheogonyCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Theogony." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/theogony.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Theogony. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/theogonyCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-theogony, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Theogony}, year = {2026}, url = {https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/theogony}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXHesiod's Theogony is an archaic Greek hexameter poem, conventionally dated to around 700 BCE though no precise year can be established, setting out the genealogy of the Greek gods from the earliest cosmic beings onward. As a primary ancient text it sits at this atlas's top tier, meaning it authoritatively records what this foundational account of Greek divine genealogy actually says, not that the events it narrates occurred. Use it to establish the traditional genealogical relationships among Greek deities as this poem states them. Other Greek sources sometimes give different genealogies, and a claim about a variant tradition needs its own separate citation rather than assuming Hesiod's account is the only one.FactsClaims Backed By This Source (904 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1An archaic Greek hexameter poem setting out the genealogy of the Greek gods, the primary ancient text for that genealogy as it itself states it.NotesWell-attestedArchaic Greek hexameter poem, conventionally around 700 BCE. No year established; year left unset.CitationAuthorWell-attestedHesiodURLWell-attestedhttps://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0129Source TypeWell-attestedprimary-textClaims Backed By This Source (904 claims)This source backs 904 claims across the atlas. As facts: 414 well-attested, 3 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 299 holds, 16 connected. Plus 172 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicFigures, 416 claims: 214 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 164 holds, 37 general references.Deities, 293 claims: 78 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 118 holds, 96 general references.Articles, 94 claims: 60 well-attested, 16 connected, 18 general references.Mythical Creatures, 61 claims: 38 well-attested, 12 holds, 11 general references.Realms, 14 claims: 9 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 3 holds, 1 general references.Other Writings, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 general references.Sources, 6 claims: 6 well-attested.Plants, 3 claims: 1 well-attested, 2 general references.Rituals, 3 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 general references.Constellations, 2 claims: 2 holds.Sacred Sites, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.Animals & Totems, 1 claims: 1 general references.Beliefs & Restrictions, 1 claims: 1 general references.Historical Figures, 1 claims: 1 general references.Subcategories, 1 claims: 1 general references.Well-attested414ArticlesA Body Built From Three AnimalsA Hundred Heads Around a Golden TreeA Titan Known Mainly Through His DaughtersAfterthought to His Brother's ForethoughtBefore Apollo Spoke: Themis and the Earliest Voice of DelphiBorn from the Blood of MedusaBorn from the Blood of the GorgonBorn in Full Armor From the Head of ZeusCounting the Heads, and Getting Past ThemFather of the Sun: Hyperion and the Line of Light-Bearing TitansHow Cronus Tried to Outrun a ProphecyKing of the Olympians After the TitanomachyLord of the Sea and Shaker of the EarthMother of the Olympians and Deceiver of CronusMother of the Sun, Moon and DawnMother of Three Thousand Rivers: Tethys and the Oceanid LineNine Nights With Zeus: How Mnemosyne Became Mother of the MusesOne Monster, and a Word That Outgrew ItSpirits That Fed on the DyingThe Abyss Beneath the AbyssThe Face on the ShieldThe Hound That Keeps the Dead InThe Lycian Fire, and a Word That EscapedThe Spring, the Fall, and the ConstellationThe Titan Condemned to Bear the SkyThe Titan Who Stayed Out of the War: Oceanus and the Great World RiverThe Titan Who Swallowed His Own ChildrenWife of Zeus and Guardian of MarriageDeitiesAphroditeAstraeusAtlasAtroposClothoCoeusCriusCronusEosErisGaiaHadesHecateHephaestusHeraHestiaLachesisMelpomeneMenoetiusMetisMnemosyneNemesisShowing 1 to 50 of 96 entities carrying this claim. NextScholarly debate3DeitiesErisFiguresAphroditeRealmsTartarusHolds299ConstellationsPleiadesDeitiesAresArtemisAsteriaAstraeaAstraeusAthenaAtlasAtroposCalliopeClioClothoCoeusCriusCronusDemeterDionysusEileithyiaEosEpimetheusEratoErisEuterpeHadesHecateHeliosHephaestusHeraHermesHestiaHyperionIapetusLachesisLetoMelpomeneMenoetiusMetisMnemosyneNemesisNikeOceanusPallasPersephonePersesPhoebePolyhymniaPoseidonRheaSeleneTerpsichoreShowing 1 to 50 of 90 entities carrying this claim. NextConnected16ArticlesA Titan Known Mainly Through His DaughtersAfterthought to His Brother's ForethoughtBefore Apollo Spoke: Themis and the Earliest Voice of DelphiBorn in Full Armor From the Head of ZeusFather of the Sun: Hyperion and the Line of Light-Bearing TitansHow Cronus Tried to Outrun a ProphecyKing of the Olympians After the TitanomachyLord of the Sea and Shaker of the EarthMother of the Olympians and Deceiver of CronusMother of the Sun, Moon and DawnMother of Three Thousand Rivers: Tethys and the Oceanid LineNine Nights With Zeus: How Mnemosyne Became Mother of the MusesThe Titan Condemned to Bear the SkyThe Titan Who Stayed Out of the War: Oceanus and the Great World RiverThe Titan Who Swallowed His Own ChildrenWife of Zeus and Guardian of MarriageGeneral References172Animals & TotemsPegasusArticlesA Hundred Heads Around a Golden TreeA Titan Known Mainly Through His DaughtersAfterthought to His Brother's ForethoughtBefore Apollo Spoke: Themis and the Earliest Voice of DelphiBorn in Full Armor From the Head of ZeusFather of the Sun: Hyperion and the Line of Light-Bearing TitansHow Cronus Tried to Outrun a ProphecyKing of the Olympians After the TitanomachyLord of the Sea and Shaker of the EarthMother of the Olympians and Deceiver of CronusMother of the Sun, Moon and DawnMother of Three Thousand Rivers: Tethys and the Oceanid LineNine Nights With Zeus: How Mnemosyne Became Mother of the MusesThe Titan Condemned to Bear the SkyThe Titan Who Stayed Out of the War: Oceanus and the Great World RiverThe Titan Who Swallowed His Own ChildrenThe Titaness Who Held Delphi Before ApolloWife of Zeus and Guardian of MarriageBeliefs & RestrictionsFate Binds Even the GodsDeitiesAphroditeAresArtemisAsteriaAstraeaAstraeusAthenaAtlasAtroposCalliopeClioClothoCoeusCriusCronusDemeterDionysusEileithyiaEosEpimetheusEratoErisEuterpeGaiaHadesHecateHeliosHephaestusHeraHermesShowing 1 to 50 of 125 entities carrying this claim. 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