When Was Theogony Written?

The Theogony (Ancient Greek: Θεογονία, romanized: Theogonía, Attic Greek: [tʰeoɡoníaː], i.e. "the genealogy or birth of the gods") is a poem by Hesiod (8th – 7th century BC) describing the origins and genealogies of the Greek gods, composed c. 700 BC.

Why did Hesiod write Theogony?

Hesiod wanted to write a book that ordered all these myths, so that Greek mythology was consistent and equal for all Greeks. For this reason, he begins his book with the myths of creation.

Was the Theogony written down?

The Theogony is an 8th-century BCE didactic and instructional poem, credited to the Greek poet Hesiod. The Theogony was, at first, not actually written down, rather, it was part of a rich oral tradition which only achieved written form decades later.