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Greece and Rome · Hesiod, Theogony 717–725

Titans locked beneath the earth

ReferenceHesiod, Theogony 717–725
Writtenc. 700 BCE
SetThe war of gods and Titans
As far beneath the earth as heaven is above earth; for so far is it from earth to Tartarus. For a brazen anvil falling down from heaven nine nights and days would reach the earth upon the tenth.

Translation: Evelyn-White, 1914 · About the translator

Read it literally

The older race imprisoned deep underground, the same as Azazel under the desert. 2 Peter uses this very word, Tartarus.

What scholars say

Greek creation poem.

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Quick answers about Hesiod, Theogony 717–725

Where is Hesiod, Theogony 717–725 found?

Hesiod, Theogony 717–725 (Greece and Rome). Translation quoted: Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns and Homerica (Loeb, 1914).

When was Hesiod, Theogony 717–725 written?

c. 700 BCE.

What do scholars say about Hesiod, Theogony 717–725?

Greek creation poem.

Rabbit holes in this passage

BeingAzazelA name from the Day of Atonement ritual that became the Watcher who taught humanity weapons, metalwork and makeup.PlaceTartarusThe bronze-walled pit beneath the underworld where the Greek gods imprisoned the Titans, and a word 2 Peter uses for fallen angels.

Sources

  1. Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns and Homerica (Loeb, 1914)Primary text
  2. 1 Enoch 8:1–3; 10:4–8, trans. R. H. Charles, The Book of Enoch (1917)Primary text
  3. Hesiod, Theogony 717–735, trans. Hugh G. Evelyn-White (1914)Primary text

Scholarly dates are rounded. The wording follows the named public-domain translation.

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