century BCE) Theogony (origin of the gods: see Hesiod's Theogony translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White 1914 ) posits Chaos as the first god and next Gaia (Mother Earth) and then other useful gods: Tartaros (Hell), Eros (Love), Erebos (Gloom), Nyx (Night), etc. (see The Structure of Hesiod's Theogony: Joe Farrell, University