Theogony: The Birth of the Gods, Violence, and Power Theogony: The Birth of the Gods, Violence, and Power https://search?q=theogony+gods&tbm=isch&chips=q:theogony+gods,online_chips:ancient+greekgods Mythology was a very important part of the culture of Ancient Greece. Through the myths and stories of the gods, we can see the ideas that the Greeks had of life, of death, and of themselves. Hesiod was the first Greek poet who tried to put order into the confusing Greek mythology and, because of him, today we know Greek beliefs about the origin of the world and the gods. Theogony relates the birth of the gods from cosmic chaos and follows the bloodline through the great Zeus , King of the Olympian gods. Sexuality, implies a fundamental source of tension or conflict between opposites. Sexuality, moreover, implies a fundamental source of tension or conflict between opposites. Paradoxically, conflict in the Theogony is not destructive; rather, conflict enhances a