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
Ancient Greece () was a civilization belonging to a period of Greek history from the Greek Dark Ages of the 12th–9th centuries BC to the end of antiquity ( AD 600). Immediately following this period was the beginning of the Early Middle Ages and the Byzantine era. Roughly three centuries after the Late Bronze Age collapse of Mycenaean Greece, Greek urban poleis began to form in the 8th century BC, ushering in the Archaic period and colonization of the Mediterranean Basin. This was followed by the period of Classical Greece
Mātariśvan was a suggestion made in the 19th century which lost favour in the 20th century but is still supported by some.
Myths and legends Oldest legends.
Myths and legends Oldest legends Hesiod's "Theogony" and "Works of the Days".
Myths and legends Oldest legends Hesiod's "Theogony" and "Works of the Days" Theogony.
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