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The hosts referenced the title as the original source for the Sphinx's description and highlighted it as the earliest poem documenting the birth of the gods, noting its ancient authority in Greek mythology.
Episode: 603. Greek Myths: The Riddle of the Sphinx (Part 2...
They said the Sphinx's description was originally written about in Hesiod's Theogony.
She had been written about in the Theogony.
Episode: 602. Greek Myths: Zeus, King of the Gods (Part 1)
They noted the poem called Theogony as the earliest source for the gods, written centuries before Athens.
the poem in which it features, which is called the Theogony or the birth of the gods, is itself at the kind of the wellspring...
Episode: 603. Greek Myths: The Riddle of the Sphinx (Part 2...
The Sphinx's lineage was described as being written about in Hesiod's Theogony, linking the monster to other mythic creatures.
She had been written about in the Theogony. Hesiod says that she was a sibling of Cerberus...
Episode: 602. Greek Myths: Zeus, King of the Gods (Part 1)
The discussion highlighted it as the foundational poem that records the birth of the gods and underpins much of Greek myth.
It is the poem called the Theogony or the birth of the gods, is itself at the kind of the wellspring, not just of Greek poetry, but actually of European poetry.
