Greek Mythology

Chaos

First appears: Hesiod, Theogony 1-116

🌐 Also appears in: Paradise Lost (as Chaos)

Life events

  • Chaos and Earth come into being at the beginning of the cosmos.(Hesiod, Theogony 1-116)
    • With: Earth
    • “Verily at the first Chaos came to be, but next wide-bosomed Earth”

Hesiod, Theogony 1-116

  • child: Erebus “From Chaos came forth Erebus and black Night”
  • child: Night “From Chaos came forth Erebus and black Night”

Also listed in Other Figures — Minor Figures

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