The ancient poet Hesiod is believed to be the first literary source of Greek creation myths. "Theogony" gives a general overview, while "Works and Days" goes into greater detail of the creation. Hesiod speaks of Chaos, not a being per se, but a void from which everything emerged. 

The Origins of the Titans: Chaos

The Titans were the group of deities that came before the Olympians, they are the offspring of the two primordial beings, Uranus and Gaia.

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- The Titans
- The Olympians
- The Creation of Mortals
- The Four or Five Ages

Creation Mythology

Titans

The Titans

Named after their place of residence, Mount Olympus, the Olympians were a race of gods that made up the majority of the ancient Greek pantheon. They were primarily third and fourth generation immortal beings.

The Olympians

The ancient Greeks had more than one story to explain the creation of mortals. Some aligned the creation of Zeus himself with the creation of all mortals, but the most commonly accepted version is the one Ovid tells in his "Metamorphosis". It states that Prometheus took earth mixed with rain water, and fashioned it into the likeness of the gods and "thus clay...was metamorphosed to assume the strange new figure of man."

The Creation of Mortals

Both Ovid and Hesiod list the same four Ages of man, however Hesiod adds one:
- The Gold Age
- The Silver Age
- The Bronze Age
- The Age of Heroes (Hesiod's additional Age)
- The Iron Age

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