Prometheus In the beginning, though [humans] had eyes to see, they saw to no avail; they had ears, but they did not understand; but, just as shapes in dreams, throughout their length of days, without purpose they wrought all things in confusion. They had neither knowledge of houses built of bricks and turned to face the sun nor yet of work in wood; but dwelt beneath the ground like swarming […]
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“Theogony” by Hesiod
The War of the Titans Hesiod wrote that the war between the Titans from Mount Othrys and the Olympians lasted for ten years, but he didn’t give an explanation of the cause or effect of the war, except that the Olympians defeated the Titans and became sovereign rulers of the world. “The life-giving earth crashed around in burning, and the vast wood crackled loud with fire all about. All the […]
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