Horror fiction is a genre of books that dates back as far Hesiod's "Theogony", with the appearance of Prometheus.
Wow! I didn't know that. I love horror movies. How long ago was that?
Hesiod's work dates back from between 750 and 650 BC. This poet shared the same time frame as the great Homer.
It's really hard to believe that people lived here that long ago. That's even before Jesus.
Ancient Greece was such an advanced place! The Greeks accomplished so much in their existence.
Oh really? I knew they invented Democracy. What else did they accomplish?
Greek architecture, technically very simple, established a harmonious style with numerous detailed conventions that were largely adopted by Roman architecture and are still followed in some modern buildings. It used a vocabulary of ornament that was shared with pottery, metalwork and other media, and had an enormous influence on Eurasian art, especially after Buddhism carried it beyond the expanded Greek world created by Alexander the Great. The social context of Greek art included radical political developments and a great increase in prosperity; the equally impressive Greek achievements in philosophy, literature
Mātariśvan was a suggestion made in the 19th century which lost favour in the 20th century but is still supported by some.
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Myths and legends Oldest legends Hesiod's "Theogony" and "Works of the Days".
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The first recorded account of the Prometheus myth appeared in the late 8th-century BC Greek epic poet Hesiod's "Theogony" (507–616). He was a son of the Titan Iapetus by