The ancient Greek mankind, trying to explain certain metaphysical phenomena and anxieties, invented amazing myths concerning the Cosmogony (the creation of the World) and the Theogony (the birth of the Gods).
Thus, the ancient Greek people created their own splendid, yet human-like world of gods, justifying the various abstract significances like Love, Birth or Death.
Chaos (the Creation)
by Ivan Aivazovsky |
Chaos
A dark, silent, formless and infinite oddity with no trace of life
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The castration of Uranus by Giorgio Vasari |
Theogony
The Creation of the First Greek Gods
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Statue of the Titan Atlas |
The Titans
Primordial, powerful deities that ruled during the legendary Golden Age
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Pyrrha and Deucalion by Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Deucalion's Flood
The Creation of the new Human Race
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