Greek Mythology

Atfirst, Hesiod said, that there was Chaos

It was really dark. Then appeared Gaea, the dep-breasted earth, and finally Eros, the love which softens hearts, whose fructifying influence would thenceforth preside over the formation of beings an things.

From Chaos were born Erebus and

Night who, uniting, gave

Uranus, the sky crowned with stars, whom she made her equal in grandeur, so that he entirely covered her . Then she created the high mountains and Pontus, ' the sterile sea ' with its harmonious waves